[NBLUG/talk] Networking newbie

[Mark Street]

On Friday 06 January 2006 12:21 pm, Troy Arnold wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 12:07:43PM -0800, A'fish'ionado wrote:
> > My family is considering signing up for the cheap SBC Yahoo DSL
> > service. A Google search revealed a success story using the service
> > with Linux (apparently you need some Windows-only software to set up
> > the account, but not to connect once the account is set up).
>
> I think you should look into http://www.sonic.net/sales/dsl and see if they
> have anything competitive.  If the price is at all close I highly recommend
> using Sonic.  You'll gain reliabilty, extra services (shell accounts, VPN,
> usenet, etc.), good support and you'll be supporting an ethical local
> company.

I highly recommend this choice.  Additionally you get a static IP address with 
Sonic.  It is worth the $.

I have done what you have described for many years, ever since DSL became 
available in SR.  The one source I go back to over and over again is David 
Ranch's Trinity OS.

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/

Pay special attention to the links to Trinity OS and IP Masquerading HOWTO 
down on the page.  This is where I cut my teeth.

Have Fun!

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