[wplug] Using Windstream with Linux system

nick pitlosh nickpitlosh at gmail.com
Wed Jan 27 22:10:48 EST 2016


as was said before, ppoe, or whatever it is, can be configured on your
gateway, and dhcp system, whatever that is. windstream will help you if you
talk sense.

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 7:32 AM, Pat Barron <pat at lectroid.com> wrote:

> What does their Windows application do?  Sometimes ISPs (assuming that
> almost all of their customers are on Windows - which is sadly true...) will
> provide some canned application that does nothing but set up PPPoE
> authentication for you (which Linux has native tools for).  Sometimes also
> does stupid stuff like redirecting your browser search engine.  But like I
> said, in general, these apps aren't doing anything out of the ordinary /
> non-standard, as far as the network link goes.  So as long as you know what
> it's doing, you can probably just use your native Linux tools to do
> whatever the app does.
>
> --Pat.
>
> On 1/21/2016 8:05 PM, Stephen R Phillips wrote:
>
>> Quiet person here (heh) I run linux and not windows but Windstream seems
>> to use some an application on windows through internet explorer for having
>> their DSL modems connect to their server. They also appear to redirect (by
>> default) browser search engines. I however use seamonkey and linux (gentoo
>> as matter of fact). So I'm a bit confused how I can activate a DSL modem
>> for windstream. I am asking because I might be relocating and my ISP
>> (verizon) will end up being someone else (less service more expensive life
>> happens).
>> Anyhow Windstream was one that was "listed" so I thought I would ask here
>> if anyone has dealt with windstream and their linux system.
>>
>> I don't have ANY windows system right now so ...
>> I guess thanks if you have any suggestions! Stephen R. Phillips was here
>> Please be advised what was said may be absolutely wrong, and hereby this
>> disclaimer follows.  I reserve the right to be wrong and admit I was wrong
>> in front of the entire world. It won't be the first or the last in all
>> likelyness.
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