On Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:30:40 James E. LaBarre wrote: > On 02/03/2011 01:50 AM, Porkchop wrote: > > On 02/02/11 21:25 -0500, Adam wrote: > >> My parents are running into ongoing problems (residential only) both > >> with their computer system and their ISP. I can handle the system part, > >> but they're also interested in a new ISP -- a _reliable_ one. I'm > > > > Last I knew, bestweb.net provided dialup as an option. I thought they > > were great for my SDSL service when I lived in Pok, but I hear others > > have had mixed results. > > > > Failing that, you could see how cheap you can get a POTS line at your > > house. All you have to do is find a modem, throw some options in getty > > and pppd, and boom. You're an ISP. > > Last time I had tried BestWeb for Linux dialup, it was able to get an IP > through DHCP, establish the DNS entries, but then couldn't establish > routes.
One of the things that is supposed to be supplied when you get an IP via DHCP is the default route to send packets, along with the DNS servers to use. It may have been that the default route you were given via DHCP was unusable, or that the routing internal to the ISP was broken such that packets sent couldn't contact it. Out of curiosity, has anyone been able to make a modem connection with IPv6? -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Feb 2 - Cancelled - Zimbra Mar 2 - MHVLUG 8th Anniversary - Show and Tell Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6
