> Question:
>
> is anyone running ADSL (any DSL) with REDHAT? if so, how do you like it, how
> often does your IP address change?
I've had DSL service through BellSouth.net since October. It works
great. My IP seems to stay pretty stay pretty constant, for at least a
month at a time. The way most DHCP servers work, they aren't really
going to give your assigned address to another system, unless A) The
DHCP server is reset, and forgets all the outstanding leases. Or B) You
are down for a while, and someone else comes along and gets your old IP
assigned during that time.
Basically, as long as I don't reboot or shutdown for a long time, it
appears that the same IP address keeps getting renewed every 24 hours.
If you sign up with BellSouth's ADSL server, be aware that their
installers are basically told NOT to hook up to anything other than a
Windows 95/98 or *NT Workstation* box. I knew they only wanted to
install on a Windows box, so I had Windows NT *Server* 4 SP3 running on
a 500MB partition on my Linux box, when the installer got here. He
balked, but I showed him their WWW page, that made no distinction of
"Server" or "Workstation" - just "NT". He did say if I *ever* called
their tech support, to say I was running NT Workstation, and never to
mention NT Server, or Linux, or they might cut me off.
So, I've been running my Linux box on Bellsouth for months now, but just
think you need to be aware that they are NOT Linux-friendly....
Jim Morris
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