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On Saturday 15 May 2004 12:54, PeterPETERLJ@xxxxxxx wrote:
Hi "We were talking about AOL and Windows". Actually I have a contract with AOL Broadband and until it ruins out here I am! Research on the net reveals that AOL
AOL refuse to release a connectoid for Linux, presumably because they believe that their top-secret authentication protocol is worth more than life itself and cannot possibly conceive of the remotest possibility that their precious code could become public. Yeah, right.
and the BT Voyager 100
Supported by Linux. http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/modems.php?modem=48 A simple search for "BT Voyager 100" on http://www.google.co.uk/linux revealed the driver has been available for a while and is well tested.
are non starters with Linux.
Must try harder.
Though I have heard that someone did run a net interface on a Win machine using AOL and somehow got the Linux box to use the conection over the home network?
ICS: Internet Connection Sharing on Windows. Win95/98/98SE/ME used this, not sure what later versions use. I used to use it to share an internal Winmodem, see the DCLUG archives: http://www.dclug.org.uk/archive-old/msg00406.html Mon, 4 Sep 2000 19:55:22 +0100 Hmm, seems to be quite a while ago!
What I am really looking for is a free dial up connection, or a really cheap one, but I dont suppose TESCO what ever .net is Linux friendly.
Of course it is. Any standard SurfTime/FRIACO ISP that uses the standard Dial-up Networking applets in Windows can be run via PPPD on Linux. It's just a question of the phone number, username, password. You might not get a brilliant connection first time, but a little research can improve the results: http://www.dclug.org.uk/archive/2002/01/msg00354.html As far as broadband goes, use an ADSL router. I'll say that again, just in case: DO NOT USE ADSL MODEMS! DO NOT USE ADSL MODEMS! DO NOT USE ADSL MODEMS! DO NOT USE ADSL MODEMS! Spend the extra £10-20 on an ADSL router (maybe +£10 if your computer doesn't have a network card) and save yourself (and us) endless work and heartache. Routers just work, no matter what OS you connect at the back of the ethernet connection, the router simply works. No drivers, no need to have one PC always on before you can connect using a second PC, it is the way the internet was meant to work. With a router involved, any broadband ISP is usable. IIRC, AOL don't endorse an ADSL router because it would allow Linux users to connect via AOL. The AOL broadband offer is an ADSL modem and you know what that means.
On a more serious note, I understand that some groups object to HTML. I have not the first idea if I am doing so.
Yes you are. View the source of your message. AOL used to give the option to send mail in plain text or HTML. That ended with version 7.0 . There is STILL no option in 9 to send in plain text.
(Thought one only used HTML with Java and web pages?)
So you should. This HTML email rubbish is abhorrent to many.
If I am offending tell me how to turn it off,
Change ISP. It's the only language AOL understand.
cos I can not see anything obvious in my settings!
It ain't there, so that would explain why you can't find it. :-) -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.codehelp.co.uk/ http://www.dclug.org.uk/ http://www.isbn.org.uk/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/isbnsearch/ http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?qs=0x8801094A28BCB3E3
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