On 24, aug, 2000 at 04:59:16 -0600, Gary Hennigan wrote:
> > I have occasional need to telnet into my box from work, will this
> > still be possible with a firewall installed?
>
> Generally, running telnetd is frowned upon. That's not to say it's not
> secure, but it's easier to crack, and very
ATTN: David Bellows
Once, from an unreachable email address, Dave Bellows wrote [in part]:
> 2. The firewall issue. I've never set up a firewall. Is there a
> Debian package that will help with this? Any advice? I'm a little
> surprised that this is any more of a problem with DSL than with
David Bellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Thanks for all the responses. I think I'm getting closer to
> understanding what's going on. So just a few more:
>
> 1. After installing an ethernet card and making sure the corresponding
> module gets loaded do I just runt the pp
At 00:12 2000/08/24 +, you wrote:
On 24-Aug-2000 David Bellows wrote:
> 2. I installed the default kernel in my system and didn't set up any
> networking stuff (currently using a dial up connection -- I'm presuming
> that DSL is a kind of networking thing). Where do I find the
> information
You should not need a dial up modem may want to ask on that one. Also do you
have a static ip or dhcp if dhcp is it ppoe(?) static ips are easy. DHCP you
need to compile in support for. Also you may want to consider a firewall since
as soon as you put a *nix box up with a DSL connection you are
On 24-Aug-2000 David Bellows wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm contemplating getting DSL service through my local phone co.
> Bellsouth (anyone have specific dealings with them re: DSL) and find
> myself in total ignorance of what's involved, so please bear with me as
> I ask these questions.
>
> 1.
On 24-Aug-2000 Nate Amsden wrote:
> Also unless you know the ISP "approves" of unix i wouldn't mention it in
> talks with them, tell them you use Win 3.1. and need a system that can
> work with it. then you can be sure you'll get a hardware based non plug
> N pray solution that should work good wi
David Bellows wrote:
> 1. The service comes with an external DSL modem. I was under the
> impression that DSL hooked up through one's ethernet card. Since I
> appear to be wrong, what does the DSL modem do and is it likely to be
> GNU/Linux compatible?
depends on the modem, there are some USB
Hi,
On Fri, 19 May 2000, Alec Smith wrote:
> Be careful though, not all providers use an external "modem". I know that
> here in Ohio, Ameritech uses an internal PCI adapter. As far as I know,
> Linux doesn't support these internal adapters.
And here in Germany, you have to fiddle around to mak
> Ben Babich wrote:
>
> Hi,
> does anyone know if there is support for dsl within debian or redhat?
>
> If not, will it be in the plan for the next release?
>
> Regards,
>
> Ben
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DSL requires no additional support in Debian other th
Be careful though, not all providers use an external "modem". I know that
here in Ohio, Ameritech uses an internal PCI adapter. As far as I know,
Linux doesn't support these internal adapters.
On Fri, 19 May 2000, Paul McHale wrote:
> DSL is typically connected to you computers via network. T
DSL is
typically connected to you computers via network. The protocol is TCP/IP
which is supported by all Linux, Unix and Windows distributions. You
should have no problem. You just have to configure you computers for IP,
Netmask and Gateway. The gateway IP will be the IP of you DSL
rou
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