On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Cheryl Homiak wrote: Sound like me they are are even angry at you for even asking if linux will work. Most isp's I have used (or are using) overhere in .nl don't support linux/unix. But I found a way to work with them (sometimes even after concidderable effort). I understand that this is a cablemodem/dsl system? Try something called pppoe or even pptp. Can't help you further sorry. > Beware of Ameritech, linux users. Their tech support department certainly > told me I could use linux when they were trying to sign me up, and their > website says that linux is compatible with but not supported by them. > Also, when I called for support, you would think they had in their records > which modem I sent out; they were asking me if it was the modem with one > light or four, and each time they told me I had a different modem--one > time they said I had usb even though I know a nic card was enclosed. I'm > still not convinced that it can't be made to work with linux, but just > know that if you sign up with Ameritech their tech support--even leaving > linux out of the picture--was, at least in my case, nonexistent. Note > that here they not only say that they do not support linux, but > categorically that their configuration won't work with linux. > > > Cheryl > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 17:28:12 -0700 > From: Tech Support <techsupport@ameritech.net> > To: Cheryl Homiak <chomiak@shellworld.net> > Subject: Re: Re: DO I have an account running there? (KMM992427C0KM) > > Hello, > > Thank you for contacting Ameritech.net! > > Ameritech.net Internet service is currently configured to support only > Win95/98/2000, Windows NT, and Windows ME, and Mac OS 8x. > > We currently have no plans to support any other operating systems, such as > Windows 3.1, Linux, or Unix. > > You may want to contact whomever told you it would work with Linux because it > won't. > We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. > > Thanks again for contacting Ameritech.net SpeedPath. > > > -The Ameritech.net Technical Support Team > http://www.ameritech.net/redirect/help.html > > Original Message Follows: > ------------------------ > First of all, I was told by tech support when I called in to sign up for > dsl that while dlinux wasn't actually supported it would work, and it was > their decision to sign me up as windows 2000; I was told I'd get the right > equipment that way. Secondly, 123456 is certainly not the password I > requested; I wonder how I was supposed to figure out that the system had > arbitrarily changed my password? It still doesn't work, and the debugging > message I get back is "the remote system is required to authenticate > itself but I couldn't find a secret password suitable to do this. None of > the available passwords would let it use an ip address." > Also, if I send email to cahomiak@ameritech.net it comes back as > undeliverable. > > Cheryl > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!