From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C5EA2F181 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 02:17:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id f876CXP23356 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 02:12:33 -0400 Received: from mail.students.cs.uu.nl (vmailer@solar.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.28]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id f876CWg23352 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 02:12:33 -0400 Received: from abeel.students.cs.uu.nl (abeel.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.40]) by mail.students.cs.uu.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A43A85ED for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 08:17:34 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 08:17:34 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andor Demarteau To: "blinux-list@redhat.com" Subject: Re: Re: DO I have an account running there? (KMM992427C0KM) (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Cheryl Homiak wrote: Sound like me they are are even angry at you for even asking if linux will work. Most isp's I have used (or are using) overhere in .nl don't support linux/unix. But I found a way to work with them (sometimes even after concidderable effort). I understand that this is a cablemodem/dsl system? Try something called pppoe or even pptp. Can't help you further sorry. > Beware of Ameritech, linux users. Their tech support department certainly > told me I could use linux when they were trying to sign me up, and their > website says that linux is compatible with but not supported by them. > Also, when I called for support, you would think they had in their records > which modem I sent out; they were asking me if it was the modem with one > light or four, and each time they told me I had a different modem--one > time they said I had usb even though I know a nic card was enclosed. I'm > still not convinced that it can't be made to work with linux, but just > know that if you sign up with Ameritech their tech support--even leaving > linux out of the picture--was, at least in my case, nonexistent. Note > that here they not only say that they do not support linux, but > categorically that their configuration won't work with linux. > > > Cheryl > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 17:28:12 -0700 > From: Tech Support > To: Cheryl Homiak > Subject: Re: Re: DO I have an account running there? (KMM992427C0KM) > > Hello, > > Thank you for contacting Ameritech.net! > > Ameritech.net Internet service is currently configured to support only > Win95/98/2000, Windows NT, and Windows ME, and Mac OS 8x. > > We currently have no plans to support any other operating systems, such as > Windows 3.1, Linux, or Unix. > > You may want to contact whomever told you it would work with Linux because it > won't. > We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. > > Thanks again for contacting Ameritech.net SpeedPath. > > > -The Ameritech.net Technical Support Team > http://www.ameritech.net/redirect/help.html > > Original Message Follows: > ------------------------ > First of all, I was told by tech support when I called in to sign up for > dsl that while dlinux wasn't actually supported it would work, and it was > their decision to sign me up as windows 2000; I was told I'd get the right > equipment that way. Secondly, 123456 is certainly not the password I > requested; I wonder how I was supposed to figure out that the system had > arbitrarily changed my password? It still doesn't work, and the debugging > message I get back is "the remote system is required to authenticate > itself but I couldn't find a secret password suitable to do this. None of > the available passwords would let it use an ip address." > Also, if I send email to cahomiak@ameritech.net it comes back as > undeliverable. > > Cheryl > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!