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Lindows comes with dialers for a few ISPs. I don't think thy have MSN because that is a Microsoft subsidary but I do know they have Earthlink, Juno, and NetZero, just to name a few.
Shouldn't be any different though, just set it up as you would any other ISP and attempt to dial in. They may very well use some sort of authentication though that is windoze only, but I doubt it. It's more likely they just piggyback on the same server that a lot of ISP's in your area use (a big reason to just find the cheapest ISP and use their service).
I just installed a partition using "partition magic" (I have a lucent win modem) and use a diskette to boot RH9. Everything works fine except that I can't get online. I have a Toshiba cable modem using Earthlink. When I configured the internet settings I listed the IP adress, subnet mask, etc... Also, my mozilla browser refuses to work. I checked the status and it said I was active.
I also used the terminal to get telnet<, but when I typed my IP address at the prompt it gave me a bash error messege. I am thoroughly dumfounded. Please help.
yeah....it works.....but depending on what tool you use to set it up you may have to enter the primary and secondary dns....manually...
so be sure to get those for your area....
they will try to tell you that you dont need it but tell them you dont like their setup software or that you prefer to setup your connection manually.
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