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YES IM A NEWBIE OR AS WE LIKE TO SAY IN THE POWER PLANT BIZ A NFG. ANYHO HAVE HAD SUSE 10.0 FOR 3 YEARS AND EVERTHIN IS GREAT NO MORE XP LOCKING UP HAVE HAD DIAL UP THIS HOLE TIME WENT TO GO TO DSL (DELL DIM 3K NET WORK CARD DELL 82562EZ 10/100 ETHER CONTR) DSL COMPANY SENT BROADMAX MODEM GOT UP AT 2am WENT TO GO CONFIG MY NET CARD & DSL IN YaST AN PROCEDED TO GO ON LINE BLASING INTERNET ACTION EVEN TURNED MY COMP OFF 2 OR 3 TIMES EVERYTING GRAND GOT UP NEXT MORN WENT OUT TO BUY A ROUTER HOKTED IT UP TURN COMP ON WENT WELL EXCEPT WENT ON LINE AND THE NET WAS SLOWER THEN DIAL UP VARY SLOW , THATS WHEN THING STATED GOING (T)UP DSL PROV WAS NO HELP ALL THE TECHS SAID THEY HAD LINUX ON THEIR COMP AT HOME BUTT THEY CODNOT UNDERSTAND IF I HAD A DYNAMIC DSL AND MY SISTEM WAS IN DHCP AND PPP MODE IS PPP OVER ETHERNET DHCP CLIENT IS IN AUTO STILL NOGO ALL I CAN FIGER IS I MUST HAVE PUT IN A STATIC IP ADDRESS PLEASE HELP IN SAN DIEGO
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