[nflug] adelphia

[robert_todd at adelphia.net]

---- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote: 
> Sounds like your doing a first time install. Call them up, tell them you 
> are on Linux and need to set it up manually (they can do this from there 
> end). When they do, you will start getting a public IP sent down the 
> line, not the private IP your currently getting (take a look). Then 
> reset the modem and restart your network, you should be good to go, I've 
> done this many, many times and I LOVE telling them there is no windows 
> (even though sometimes there is, I just want to see them go through it 
> for Linux ;))

Well, I usually tell Linux customers when I talk to them to issue an 'ifdown eth0' then an 'ifup eth0' and that usually gets them the new public IP and gets them right online.
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