-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Charlie O" <obelin23 at gmail.com> > Hi, > > I know this has come up before, but I tried searching the TCLUG site email > list and can't get it to respond. > > My daughter wants to set up with a cable or DSL service that is Linux > friendly - I set up her new machine to dual boot Mepis 6.5 and WindowsXP, > and she wants to make Linux the main internet environment. > > So, I am asking for suggestions for providers. I have Quest DSL and am > having good luck with it so I know that is an option. Are there cable > companies that are good to work with? Or, are there wireless providers you > like. > > My apologies for bringing this topic up again. Thanks in advance for your > help. > > Charlie I have been using a Linux firewall on Comcast cable for over 5 years now with no problems. I had to briefly hook a Windows machine up when I dumped their cable modem and put my own into place to "register" the cable modem with them. Do your daughter a favor and have her invest in either a dedicated Linux firewall (Smoothwall or IPCop to name a few) or one of the consumer broadband firewalls (Linksys or Netgear). I would not depend on the Windows firewall to protect a computer. -- ========== Todd Young -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Charlie O" <obelin23 at gmail.com> Subject: [tclug-list] Linux friendly DSL or Cable Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 12:14:06 +0000 Size: 2488 Url: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070503/ddd21907/attachment.eml