[lbo-talk] Open Office v. MS Office

[Fernando Cassia]

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Chuck Grimes <c123grimes at att.net> wrote:
> It was on me to figure it out. So I had to go hat in hand to the IP guy I
> had unsubscribed from and had used for more than a decade to sort out the
> problem. Once I got the device name number stuff cleared up, I had to
> install some part of PPPOE which wasn't part of the base Ubunto install. I
> had configured Ubunto to old style fixed addresses, not DHCP and no PPPOE
> facility.

That´s what you shuld NEVER, EVER EVER rely on your own PC to do the
connection with the broadband ISP, and you should instead install a
home broadband router/firewall like the ubiquitous and inexpensive
Linksys BEFR41 series.

Then, all you have to do from any PC, with ANY OS is set the router´s
internal IP address (192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x) as the "default gateway"
for the TCPIP stack, and bingo, all machines have ineternet
connectivity. In that case, the ISP log-in is handled by the home
router, and configured by filling out 3 settings with a web form
(connection type:[ ]DHCP [ ]PPPoE [ ]Fixed IP - Username [       ] and
Password [            ] )

FC