I've been up & running nearly non-stop since 1997 with this particular box. When it dies, I suppose I'll do an upgrade. -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Russell Harrison Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:54 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: PPPoE for RH 7.3 I can understand that. Thank god for the fedora legacy project or I'd have to upgrade my router box at home. Something I've been putting off for a good year now. Next OS this thing gets is going to be CentOS so I don't have to worry about security patches. . . On 5/16/06, Burke, Thomas G. <tg.burke@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am still running 6.3, because I did not want to do a full system > upgrade, then have to learn iptables. I am running ipchains, and have > my box locked down just about as well as can be done. For a > file/print/internet server, I saw no reason to upgrade, and still do > not. > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Russell Harrison > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:15 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: PPPoE for RH 7.3 > > Out of curiosity, what is preventing you from updating it? > > Not have the time to do the update is a totally valid answer. I'm > just trying to understand what are the things keeping people on really > old releases in general. I know 7.3 was solid as a rock but its > pretty out of date. From the number of machines that keep popping up > running 7.3 there must be some good reasons for sticking with it. > > On 5/16/06, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > My DSL provider is changing from bridged to PPPoE. I've got an old > > laptop running RH 7.3 (can't be updated) acting as a firewall/router. > > > I now need a PPPoE client. What is the package to use for this > purpose in RH 7.3? > > > > TIA. > > > > -- > > Matthew Saltzman > > > > Clemson University Math Sciences > > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
