Re: a newbie....... i guess

[Bob Kinney <bc98kinney yahoo com>]

Aside from the troubles with the NIC, msn [sic] is an AOL-like service,
requiring
*their* software to access the internet in a way they think you should.  

To my knowledge, they don't provide you with a simple connection to the
internet.

I avoided the forced switch from qwest to msn by telling them I wasn't using
Winduhs.  

Bottom line--msn doesn't have a Linux client, so talk to your folks
about going for a straight broadband connection with another ISP.

-bc


--- rdlong <rdlong kent edu> wrote:
> ive been using redhat for some time now, but now i am at home trying to get 
> online.  my parents use MSN for an internet provider and im trying to get my 
> linux box online.  i have Internet Connection Sharing set up on the WinXP box
> 
> (my parents) and the two computers connected via crossover cable.  i am
> having 
> some troubles getting eth0 to work the way i want it to half the time it 
> doesnt even initialize.  im trying the card in another pci slot with a fresh 
> install of redhat 7.1.  can anyone give me any advice as to where i may be 
> going wrong?
> -ralph
> 
> 
> 
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