Re: PARTIAL DIAGNOSIS of Installation problems
>>> Or, get Internet service that includes a modem/ gateway with an Ethernet
>>> port. This is probably the best answer in the long run.
>> Unless that modem/gateway is under the control of the ISP, in which case
>> you're fundamentally inviting your ISP onto your local network, IOW into
>> your private home.
>> [ Tho, of course, you can probably arrange to confine that "local
>> network" such that it's only connected to a single other machine which
>> you do control and which you use as your own local router. ]
> So, you designed, built, and programmed your "single other machine" using
> machines that you designed, built, and programmed; which in turn you
> designed, built, and programmed using machines that you designed, built, and
> programmed; etc.; all sourced from raw materials?
I didn't say "built by the ISP" but "under the control of the ISP".
IOW "who can administer".
Of course, there can also be issues of trust about the underlying
software, hardware or what not, but if the ISP has administrative
access then there's no need to dig any further.
Stefan
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