On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:10:31 -0500 Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 07:01:04 -0700, > stan <gryt2@xxxxx> wrote: > > > > Qwest makes no secret of the fact they do not support linux, and > > there were some issues that cost me several hours to resolve > > because of that. Several times I just about chucked in the towel > > and reactivated > > In theory it shouldn;t matter. Yeah, I agree. Cox doesn't support linux either. :-) But there is a cox web page with all the info needed to set everything up manually; I just plugged it in and it worked. > > > First, dsl uses pppoe so you need a userid and password to access > > the internet, unlike cable. And if you use a router behind your > > modem, > > Crappy dsl requires this. If you have quality dsl service, you should > get a static ip and you shouldn't need to use pppoe. They will give static ip for an extra charge ($5.95) per month. Didn't realize it fixed this. Didn't realize this was an issue until it happened. :-) Transparent to me now that it is working. Just make sure wherever you host your stuff you have > a way to make back ups that are in your possesion and in a format you > can do something with. So that if something happens you can move your > stuff to another hosting provider. > Good point. The hosting providers I'm looking at have been around for about 10 years, but they could be gone tomorrow. It seems to be a very competitive industry. And on the same note I need to be sure the domain name they provide is mine, not theirs. As Tim pointed out, losing a domain can be problematic; that doesn't change whether it is lost because I leave my ISP or because my hosting service changes by my action or theirs. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
