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On Jan 11, 6:54pm, Ronald McEwan wrote:
> Subject: [RT] Gen: Linux Internet
> I installed Linux on an old PC I had. I wanted to use this to download
> some unix/linux programs from the Internet. My problem is that I cannot
> find an Internet provider that has their software in a Linux version. I
> know there must be somebody doing this, can someone recommend an ISP for
> Linux?
Ron, all ISP's should work with Linux. They use a protocol called
PPP, over a serial line, and this protocol is used both by Microsoft
products and Linux. Most of the work is on the Linux side: defining a
PPP connection for dial out, connecting to their mail server (POP), and
possibly installing DHCP to multiplex a single dynamically assigned IP
address, if you have more than on node on your internal net.
You can also buy routers that will hide some of the complexity of
establishing the dialout, and that appear to be a gateway router on
your internal ethernet based network. Whatever approach you use,
it _should_ be OS independent.
It may be that some ISP's don't know how to help you with your Linux
set up, but the underlying support should be there, if they're using
standard protocols (and they should be). In Northern CA, best.com,
brainstorm.net, and netcom.com, probably even pacbell.net can help you
with your set up.
Try www.linux.org and www.linux.com to see if they have a FAQ
or two on this topic.
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