sbcglobal

[Mike Burger]

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004, Phillip T. George wrote:

> 
> 
> Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> 
> >Am Mo, den 11.10.2004 schrieb steve banyai um 4:07:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>HI, I AM IN TEXAS. I LOADED FEDORA AND WINDOWS XP.
> >>FEDORA DOESNT FIND SBCGLOBAL. WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Wow, what an unfriendly manner to post. All uppercase means crying.
> >
> >Please closely read
> >
> >http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >
> >and reask your question in a way which makes it possible to answer
> >without need to wildly guess what internet connection you might have and
> >what you already did to go online. And please read the docs
> >
> >http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/
> >
> >Alexander
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Unless you're using busness services from SBCGlobal or have a router, 
> then you're going to have to set up PPPOE.  I'm not sure what the steps 
> are for this, but someone else on the list may know.

Even with business class service (DSL, that is), current/new accounts need 
to use PPPoE.  They stopped allocating via straight DHCP quite some time 
ago (I'm using a business class SBC DSL account, and I work for SBC).

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