what "linux friendly" means Re: DSL

[JD Runyan]

If you want Linux friendly, or anything friendly, get a cable/dsl
router.  Then all you have to do is set up DHCP, and go.  Most of the
routers have port forwarding capabilities, so you can run some services
if you like.  Road Runner will even sell you one, or set up a wireless
LAN for you.  I'm sure the DSL folks would do the same.

On Tue, 2002-09-24 at 11:46, David Nicol wrote:
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> 
> Eric Rossiter wrote:
> > On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 02:57, Jason Clinton wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>[...] Did I mention that SBC is surprising 
> >>Linux friendly?
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > First, who did you speak with at SBC that was Linux friendly?  [...]
> 
> 
> I think what Jason might have meant is that he was able to connect his
> computer to the SBC service using standard, open protocols, without
> there being any technical problem.
> 
> The way roadrunner is Linux Friendly.  Not that you're going to be
> able to call a phone number and talk with a script monkey who starts
> off by saying "Click on the foot" but that if you connect your current
> linux distro to their hardware without twisting any wires, it will work
> correctly out of the box.
> 
> If this means that Roaring Penguin or whatever PPPoE that is being
> bundled with current kernels (is that real yet?) works with SBC
> without configuration beyond editing a configuration file with
> a text editor, according to instructions in a HowTo document, that
> is in my estimation "linux friendly."
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