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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - Hardware / Software - so I was actually able to connect to AOL from Linux using a winmodem... |
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spiroth10 Paratroopa                  Since: 01-28-06 From: USA Last post: 6328 days Last view: 6328 days |
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| I've done WinModem Installations before, but never have I actually established a usable connection to AOL.
Im using Peng (dont have the necessary dependencies on this old slackware box for linspires new dialer -- hopefully this will change when I get my new mandriva disks) the connection is a bit slow(26Kb/sec dialup instead of 52), but changing a few settings/init strings might change that. Im just surprised I can even get online... gives me hope that Linux may be my primary OS again one day... edit: enabling full duplex got me a better, faster connection... (edited by spiroth10 on 12-02-06 03:18 PM) |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828   Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6329 days Last view: 6329 days |
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| I suggest you worry less about getting AOL to work with Linux, and start focusing on getting an ISP that doesn't suck. | |||
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Metal Man88 Gold axe It appears we have been transported to a time in which everything is on fire! Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6328 days Last view: 6328 days |
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| Some people never seem to quit AOL, though. I know this guy who's insisted on using it; and he complains his computer is slow... even though it's AOL causing it, as he has 4 versions of it.
For some reason, he prefers Version 7.0 over all others. |
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spiroth10 Paratroopa Since: 01-28-06 From: USA Last post: 6328 days Last view: 6328 days |
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| as for getting another ISP -- I'm working on it -- my parents pay for it, and I don't have a choice (we're only using it because I got a 6 month trial with my new PC...)
After the trial runs out (in a month or 2) I'm going to call my local phone company (they offer 256K DSL), and see how much it costs. If it's anything comparable to dial-up ($12-$20 a month) I'll probably get that, as its only them (frontier high-speed online) or my cable company (was Adelphia, now Time Warner). The problem is, I'm poor, and anything over $15 a month is really pushing it for my family, to the point where we'd have no food. So cable is completely out (its almost $50 a month). so I'll have to find a new ISP thats dial-up if frontier's service is too expensive (how much [- installation fee] could a 256k connection cost? 1.x Mb is 50, so I'd imagine it to be around $15-$20) and also, it was a challenge. I had to do it. I've solved multiple other networking scenarios myself, and this was just a point on the path to becoming the most 31337 sysadmin ever (j/k) But it was an educational experience though. and now I'm not forced to use windows as my primary OS anymore! Its secondary now! I just cant wait until my mandriva disks get here... I'm eager to try out the newest kernel, and Slackware 10.2 has no modules compiled for it, and no source for it, so I cant get it to work with anything but 2.4... |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6329 days Last view: 6329 days |
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| Crazy as it may sound, if you're just barely affording to eat, you should probably lose the Internet connection entirely for now unless you're making money from it somehow. (Keep the free trial though, obviously.) Food you get on that sort of budget isn't very good, both taste-wise and health-wise, and eating decent food is probably more important than being online.
You might consider buying a wireless card though and seeing if you can mooch a neighbour's connection. Few people even notice or care if you try to keep the bandwidth usage as low as possible, and AFAIK, it's legal if they don't make any effort to keep you out. (edited by HyperHacker on 12-03-06 08:36 PM) |
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spiroth10 Paratroopa Since: 01-28-06 From: USA Last post: 6328 days Last view: 6328 days |
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| okay, well its not THAT bad in terms of income. The problem is my parents Debts, which they are taking care of.
things the way they are now are affordable, it's just that if another $50 a month was added, it would add undue stress that would cause the situation to become that much worse. $50 itself isn't that bad, but when its paid for on a credit card that takes the $50 you send and pays for other things first, it becomes $100s per month on top of car payments (really high) and otherwise. Actually, by sometime this/next year, I WILL be getting Cable broadband, either when the car payments are up (1-1.5 years) or when I get a job (whenever I can find one& get transportation). see, we're not close to living on the street. not close at all. but we could be if more financial stress was added. about a wireless card -- my neighbor upstairs has dial-up too (AOL), and I don't know the other neighbors, but I don't think a wireless card will reach the next house over, and I'm not even sure if they have a wireless router (or internet at all, for that matter). all I know is that my DS can't find any connections, and I'm pretty sure my PC won't either. Oh, I wish it was possible to steal T1 from my school across the street. even if I could, they turn off the computers when schools out anyway. lol. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6329 days Last view: 6329 days |
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But do they turn off the routers? You could always try sneaking a wireless router in there.  Also, DS games ignore signals that aren't strong enough for reliable gaming while still being useable to some extent for web browsing. There's some homebrew apps that will find any signal, even those far too weak to be of any use.
Of course, schools being a public building, they may well let you just head into their computer labs and use one while they're open if you ask first. Mine always did.  (edited by HyperHacker on 12-05-06 02:28 AM) |
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