My Reply follows quote. On 08/12/2004 14:49 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >I'm coming in late on this....I have a Performa 6400 with a G3 upgrade, >running OS 9.1 Earthlink tells me I need OS 10 at a minimum to connect to >their DSL line. Is that not true? Can I hook up running 9.1 with an >ethernet card simply by setting up thru TCP and not dealing with all their >install stuff? > >Thanks. >Bill. -------- Hard to say for sure, but generally, this is hogwash. Just don't attempt to install the Earthlink software. If they give you a DSL modem, you should be able to just connect the modem, connect your 6400/G3 (with either a CommSlot ethernet card or PCI ethernet card) to the modem, set TCP/IP to the card and for DHCP, and go to town.
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