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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

The linux computer hooked up to the school network with no problems.  His 
roommate had a Windows computer and had to uninstall all his virus and 
spyware programs and put on the school's programs before he could connect.

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, James Miller wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > A friend  will be starting college and was told in order
> > to
> > access the school internet connection he needs Windows or Macintosh.
> >
> > I don't believe this.  Our local university insists that people run a
> > Windows CD to connect but I know you can access with any TCP/IP type
> > dialer.
> >
> > If he put in an ethernet card and insmodded it, what else would it be
> > necessary to know (IP number?) and do to obtain a connection using BL3?
>
> What this usually means is that they will not _support_ any other OS.
> Students who call the school IT dept. with problems can't get any help
> unless they're running Win or Mac. That said, I'll just bet the network is
> set up like about any other wired network and runs a dhcp server that will
> hand out an address to any dhcp client that can make a physical
> connection--regardless of what OS that client runs on. I know my own U
> network is set up like this. So, if he has support for his NIC (in the
> form of the module you mention) and can run a dhcp client, he should be
> able to get on the network using Linux with no problems so long as he has
> access to one of the U.'s ethernet jacks..