Re: OT: ADSL safe practices and setting up a home network

Sorry to jump in this thread really late, but I always tell Qwest I am running
windoze. Their CD is not needed, and the service can be initiated using the
browser. I act dumb and tell them that the CD "does not work".

Basically, they ask you to run CMD on some "Run" -- I go and get a new xterm
and type out the command. Or they get you to open up Internet Explorer and i
open up firefox. They dont know the difference.

By the way, the CD contains PDF files which have the manual for the modem.
Which is accessible from linux in the usual way.

HTH.

--- Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Friday 14 April 2006 15:28, Mike McCarty wrote:

I got just the MoDem, no router. I bought a D-Link router (wireless),
and disabled the wireless part and removed the antenna. I don' need
no snoopin'.

No snooping if you lock it down.

only problem is they are stuck on Windows configuration for which they
give you a CD. So you can:

This was my experience, as well. They *only* support Windows. If I call
them with a problem, they argue with me about what OS I'm running.
It is either MacOS or some version of Windows. I've had one tell me
repeatedly that I was running Windows XP, while I told him repeatedly
I wasn't running any version of Windows. Finally, I told him I was
running Linux, and he said "Oh, you're running Linux. We don't support
Linux." and he hung up.

Anyway, I had to borrow a Windows machine in order to start service.
The router I was able to configure simply using my browser.

I have handled four routers, two D-Links, one Acer and one SMC. All four
could be accessed directly from a browser window, using the IP address
supplied in the manual. It did mean temporarily changing the IP of one box
to match their default, then changing it back when I had reconfigured the
router, but that's all. Windows was never involved.

Anne
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