Re: [PLUG] DSL: Questions to ask?

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur@alexion.com>]

gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:



> Subject: Re: [PLUG] DSL: Questions to ask?
>
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 06:00:52PM -0700, multiple seriousity wrote:
> > I'm wondering if any of y'all could point me to
> > a good list-of-questions-to-ask... you know, all those nice technical
> > questions that I _should_ know the answer to.
>
> Well, giving you the information you need to set up a machine rather
> than an "install disk" for Windows gets high marks. But the vast
> majority of DSL providers do this: we're the audience they're
> catering to, really. (As much as "broadband multimedia" is talked
> up, the average window user is on a cable modem. It's primarily Unix
> admins and hardcore gamers--who also know what they're doing
> networking-wise, typically--using DSL. At least, in my experience.)

I've been considering a cable connection in my small office.  The cable 
modem would be connected to a Linux machine, with 2 windows & 1 other 
Linux machine accessing through that server.  Are you saying that cable 
is not a good way to go with Linux? What are the problems?

Art
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