[lug] International ISPs for Travelers

[Ferdinand P. Schmid]

I almost never use dial-up under Windows.  So my statement regarding Earthlink
was valid for Linux.  They do assign you a dynamic IP address, but that's it.
Everything else you can do as you please.  You can even ssh into dialed up
systems.  I had no problems initiating ssh connections from my laptop in Europe
to my systems in the US.  No proprietary software needed to connect, just plain
vanilla ppp on Linux.

Ferdinand

Nate Duehr wrote:

> Or a VPN client that overwrites even DHCP.  Cisco's stuff does this
> properly under NT.
>
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 08:14:38AM -0800, Glenn Ashton wrote:
> >
> > This might be slightly off topic, but...
> >
> > Recently we have experienced problems with our international dial up isp
> > that our traveling executives use to connect to the internet while on the
> > road.
> >
> > Most of these problems stem from the fact that the ISP is trying to
> > moderate all sorts of things via DHCP using their proprietary dialer
> > software that wacks our dns settings needed for VPN.
> >
> > What I'd love to know if there is any Linux friendly international dial-up
> > provider (assuming that Linux folks would be less likely to try to fool
> > with stuff) that will give us straight dialup internet
> > connections.
> >
> > -Glenn Ashton
> >
> >
> >
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