RE: a newbie....... i guess

["Steve Cutler" <hellama earthlink net>]

It is true that MSN does have special AO(hel)L like software, on broadband
it merely provides access to "special" content on their network. They do in
fact give you a direct connection to the internet. If it in the unlikely
event that it is the way the network is setup that is causing the problems I
would recommend looking in to a hardware firewall with built in routing.
These I know can be bought for $80 or less from D-Link, and then you're not
only a lot more secure, you also don't have to dedicate an entire computer
to the role of sharing the internet connection, and it would be less likely
to crash and take the network with it then a Windows box would.


-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
[mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Bob Kinney
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 12:45 AM
To: redhat-install-list redhat com
Subject: Re: a newbie....... i guess


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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