My broadband provider, ATT, formerly MediaOne, now, apparently @home, abruptly switched my service to this lame @home crap at 21:00 CST.
I was just getting ready to install linux from rpmfind.net and switched over to my laptop to verify the URL for the distribution and things stopped.
I checked my router and it now had a DHCP lease of 10.something.something.something and a DHCP provided domain name of conversion.home.net. I called them up (17 minutes on hold) and they verified that I was screwed, without a reacharound and without notification.
They made me install some crap software on my laptop which nails the 'client-id' I push up to the DHCP server. I can't make my cisco router do that. And I don't want to set up a gateway on Win32 or Linux again so screw it.
I can afford it, but I'm sure I'll find better uses for my $52.57/mo (payoff credit cards) and my time (Hi Kids! Dad's baaaack!)
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My broadband provider, ATT, formerly MediaOne, now, apparently @home, abruptly switched my service to this lame @home crap at 21:00 CST.
I was just getting ready to install linux from rpmfind.net and switched over to my laptop to verify the URL for the distribution and things stopped.
I checked my router and it now had a DHCP lease of 10.something.something.something and a DHCP provided domain name of conversion.home.net. I called them up (17 minutes on hold) and they verified that I was screwed, without a reacharound and without notification.
They made me install some crap software on my laptop which nails the 'client-id' I push up to the DHCP server. I can't make my cisco router do that. And I don't want to set up a gateway on Win32 or Linux again so screw it.
I can afford it, but I'm sure I'll find better uses for my $52.57/mo (payoff credit cards) and my time (Hi Kids! Dad's baaaack!)