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Ben Goodger wrote: > On 28/06/06, *Rob Beard* <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Simon Waters wrote: > > Adrian Midgley wrote: > > > >> Rural? > >> > > > > >From what I recall of our trip to Goonhilly, it doesn't get > much more > > rural than Goonhilly. > > > > I assume speeds in excess of 2Mbps are available to those close > enough > > to the exchanges, EVEN in Cornwall. 2Mbps - tsck - DCGLUG > members living > > in the first quarter of 2006 still ;) > > > LOL, some of us poor lot are stuck on a 12 month contract with AOL - I > blame my girlfriend for that one! > > > How the hell did you get AOL working with Linux? It took me three > months to give up! > Just used a router. At first I used a Thompson SpeedTouch 510v4, but now I'm using a Netgear wireless ADSL router. The way of doing it was to dump the awful AOL software and get the router to login to AOL directly using the username: screenname@xxxxxxx Thats the thing that wasn't very well documented. You couldn't just enter your screen name in the username box, you needed the @aol.com at the end. AOL tech support were actually fairly helpful in giving out that information. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html