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Date:	Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:31:48 -0700
From:	J R FOX <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Installing DSL

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--- On Thu, 10/23/08, Virginia R. Hetrick, Ph.D. wrote:

> So, you could borrow
> somebody's
> notebook, do the set up (Verizon's comes on a CD), make
> sure your OS/2
> or ecs works fine with the setup (RJ45 or wireless), and
> you should be
> good to go (unless ATT is incredibly stupid, which I
> wouldn't be too
> surprised about).

I have DSL from AT&T. Actually, it was from PacBell, then from SBC, and now AT&T by default. I've had it since at least 2003, but probably longer, so I can't tell you absolutely that Win was never needed to set it up or modify it. I just don't recall. (The class of service has been upgraded a couple times, which did involve re-programming the modem, but I think they did it remotely from their end.) In any case, I've long had W2K here as well. No insurmountable problems or even major roadblocks here.

Some of this may involve what sort of IP you have. My fixed IP DSL was not so common at the time I got it, and is probably much less common today. But that also makes it pretty transparent, OS-wise: you just need to set up your TCP/IP notebook properly -- or its equivalent within another OS. Time was that the dynamic IP broadband service mostly came via PPOE, which was a pain in the rear and a problem for OS/2 unless you had a certain shareware program whose name I'm blanking on right now, which did make provision for this. I would hope that is no longer the case, but don't really know.

Jordan

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