Hi, Michael: Yes, your email address certainly says Canada loud and clear, but yours truly wasn't listening! <grin> Now to the issue at hand--sounds like you'll be OK, even with pppoe, linux connections are achievable. I'd opt for the static ip myself, but you should be OK either way. On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Michael Ryan wrote: > > Janina: > > Don't worry about the mix up. I thought that the NF indicator in my > address might have helped. > Kirk: > Static IPs are provided and fire wall devices are permitted. I didn't ask > about PPOE. > > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp