Re: Linux friendly internet service

From: Robert M. Riches Jr. (spamtrap42_at_verizon.net)
Date: 03/29/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:00:29 GMT

On 2005-03-29, Pugilis T. Master <guroove@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It turns out that my line does in fact qualify for verizon DSL. The tech
> people over there at verizon don't really know their stuff so well. The
> last time I talked to a tech person they kept asking me if I used MacOS
> or Windows. When I said 'I use linux,' they proceeded to ask the same
> question again. Then they said 'are you using Windows XP or Windows 2000
> as if they thought I didn't understand the question.' So is getting my
> linux box up a problem? I've never used roaring penguin, and I know it's
> not installed on my system. Does anyone know if I need this, or can I
> simply connect to the router they send me using DHCP?

So, your Verizon first-line tech. support people are of
about the same caliber (or lack thereof) as mine. Sorry to
hear that.

Reportedly, the key is to get a router with ethernet ports
on the LAN side, rather than USB.

The good news is it _should_ work just fine. I just moved
between two Verizon-afflicted locations, so I'm now using
the new Westell modem/router Verizon is issuing. At least
in my case, it defaulted to DHCP on the LAN side, so I just
set up my Linux machine to use DHCP to connect to it. It
worked with very little, if any, difficulty.

I don't believe I have used roaring penguin, whatever that
is.

On the WAN/DSL side, I have a dynamic IP address, so the
router uses DHCP to connect to Verizon's network. Within
about a minute of plugging it in, it had connected up just
fine.

As I already mentioned elsewhere, I had to Google to find
the default first-time administrative password for the
modem/router. That was because Verizon's email message
giving me instructions and the password never arrived.

I set up my router to use static IP addresses on the LAN
side. It took a little work to find where/how to do that on
the router. If you need help, please inform, and I can dig
out my notebook for details.

Good luck.

Robert Riches
spamtrap42@verizon.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)

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