Re: Internet Access for Linux?
>[NetZero] say Windows or Mac are required.
Then boycott them for being Linux-unfriendly.
There *are* MS-Windows-only ISPs. They are the ones using
unmaintained remote access boxes that are compatible with
Microsoft's broken PPP but not with standard PPP.
It's got nothing to do with whether they send you a CD
with a customized Web browser on it.
I got a $6/month Allvantage.com account. The email they
sent assumed I had Windows 98, but the settings were
complete enough for Linux: DN servers, SMTP and POP3 servers.
Works fine. Here's a PPP chatscript for them.
TIMEOUT 75
ABORT BUSY
ABORT "NO CARRIER"
ABORT VOICE
ABORT "NO DIALTONE"
"" \p\p\pATZ
OK \p\p\pATH
OK \p\p\pATDT5191182
ogin: \p\p\p[account number]@logisp.net
word: \p\p\p\q[dial-up password]
You have to look up your local dial-up number on their Web site.
Cameron
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