| philipballew | hardware question: where would you guys recommend getting a new Internet modem? i'm fine with buying used. just need to make sure it works | 04:21 |
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| sn9 | define "internet modem" | 04:25 |
| sn9 | a modem is nominally a device for dial-up | 04:26 |
| philipballew | dsl modem | 04:27 |
| philipballew | phone line in. cet5 out | 04:27 |
| sn9 | garage sales and craigslist, as well as dumpsters | 04:27 |
| sn9 | oh, wait, you said "new" | 04:27 |
| philipballew | haha. but would all dsl modems work with att? | 04:27 |
| sn9 | no | 04:28 |
| philipballew | no. i prefer used | 04:28 |
| sn9 | most would | 04:28 |
| philipballew | yeah. most should | 04:28 |
| sn9 | relatively few exceptions | 04:28 |
| philipballew | how so? | 04:28 |
| sn9 | but i'd recommend against at&t | 04:28 |
| philipballew | i dont like it either. but its that or satellite here. what do you dislike about them? | 04:30 |
| sn9 | satellite is not worth it | 04:30 |
| sn9 | but i'd STILL recommend against at&t | 04:30 |
| sn9 | how is it possible for there to be fewer choices in roseville than in sac? | 04:31 |
| philipballew | its auburn. and the other choises dont go our way of town here | 04:31 |
| sn9 | hmm. lemme try a prequal | 04:32 |
| philipballew | alright! | 04:33 |
| philipballew | its been several years since we looked at other options | 04:33 |
| sn9 | should i check by phone# or address? | 04:34 |
| philipballew | 5308858516 | 04:35 |
| akk | There's no rhyme or reason to where there are broadband choices. | 04:35 |
| philipballew | akk very true | 04:35 |
| akk | I'm a short bike ride from downtown SJ, and we have hardly any choices. | 04:35 |
| akk | I knew people who lived up on Skyline and had broadband 2 years before we could get it. | 04:35 |
| philipballew | heres my choice http://cgi.ebay.com/AT-T-Westell-DSL-Modem-/140566772438?pt=PCC_Modems&hash=item20ba6ebad6#ht_500wt_1156 | 04:37 |
| sn9 | it says you already have dsl | 04:37 |
| philipballew | i do have dsl | 04:37 |
| philipballew | and its att dsl | 04:37 |
| philipballew | i just need a new modem | 04:37 |
| sn9 | then you can have any isp you want | 04:37 |
| sn9 | just file a change of isp form | 04:38 |
| philipballew | hum. ill have to look into this | 04:38 |
| sn9 | what are you putting behind the dsl modem, btw? | 04:39 |
| philipballew | a firewall and router connected to a desktop and a desktop server | 04:39 |
| sn9 | so you have 3 separate boxes? firewall, router, modem? you know you can use just one as all 3 if it runs linux, right? | 04:40 |
| philipballew | yeah. i have the server and firewall on the same box but i want my own desktop as i would prefer my server/firewall to be more stable then my computer habbits make things | 04:41 |
| philipballew | so i have 2 boxes | 04:42 |
| sn9 | server/firewall, router, modem is 3 | 04:43 |
| sn9 | unless the server is also the router | 04:43 |
| philipballew | well the modem and router are not was i thought you ment by boxes | 04:46 |
| sn9 | why are the router and firewall separate? | 04:47 |
| philipballew | i have a firewall on the router. biut i have a firewall with my server | 04:49 |
| philipballew | i gtg! | 04:49 |
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| philipballew | ifa laptop wont boot from usb and has no internal cd drive. what would you say is a good way to install a linux bassed system? | 20:28 |
| MarkDude | put it in another system, and install Puppy Linux | 20:34 |
| MarkDude | wait for reboot after installing- take it out, put it in system | 20:34 |
| philipballew | hum. makes scene. would it pull all the drivers then on reboot in the new system? | 20:35 |
| MarkDude | yes | 20:36 |
| MarkDude | taht is how Puppy works | 20:36 |
| MarkDude | I have seen it done with Ubuntu, Fedora, it depends on the video card - if it will let you do it | 20:36 |
| pleia2 | yeah, I've done it with Ubuntu, it's pretty clever if you don't have complicated hardware | 20:37 |
| pleia2 | (one of the good things about non-static xorg.conf) | 20:37 |
| MarkDude | the main thing with it is removing video drivers if there is an issue, although it will let you go to a failsafe mode | 20:43 |
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