On Friday 14 April 2006 15:28, Mike McCarty wrote: > > I got just the MoDem, no router. I bought a D-Link router (wireless), > and disabled the wireless part and removed the antenna. I don' need > no snoopin'. > No snooping if you lock it down. > > only problem is they are stuck on Windows configuration for which they > > give you a CD. So you can: > > This was my experience, as well. They *only* support Windows. If I call > them with a problem, they argue with me about what OS I'm running. > It is either MacOS or some version of Windows. I've had one tell me > repeatedly that I was running Windows XP, while I told him repeatedly > I wasn't running any version of Windows. Finally, I told him I was > running Linux, and he said "Oh, you're running Linux. We don't support > Linux." and he hung up. > > Anyway, I had to borrow a Windows machine in order to start service. > The router I was able to configure simply using my browser. > I have handled four routers, two D-Links, one Acer and one SMC. All four could be accessed directly from a browser window, using the IP address supplied in the manual. It did mean temporarily changing the IP of one box to match their default, then changing it back when I had reconfigured the router, but that's all. Windows was never involved. Anne
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