Re: [Sheflug] BlueYonder

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Chris J/#6 wrote:

> You miss the point - there are so many different ways a box could be
> configured and setup depending on version of kernel, version of networking
> utils, and state of firewall that asking an engineer to set up and test a
> connection gets rather complicated and tends to mean you need to know what
> you're doing.

All they have to do is write the DHCP details on the back of a bus ticket
and I'll be happy. I don't need an "engineer" to install it, or to support
me. If they would just give the straightforward information required to
set a machine up it would be fine. Unfortunately to get any kind of
straight talking it seems you need to pay double and go for a "business"
package.

> You could set up your DHCP with the engineer watching, but then its a case of
> if it doesn't work, is it a problem with BY or your setup? If the engineer
> does the work, he can get things setup and tested himself, and then if it
> doesn't work, he has a data point as he knows what he's done to install it.

How? If it breaks 2 days, 2 weeks down the line, you won't get the same
engineer, and chances are I know more about the job than the engineer
does - especially if the machine in question is part of a LAN, I don't
want some engineer screwing with my setup.

> There seems to be an almost inflexible attitude at times within the
Linux
> community in the "if it needs windows, I don't want to know [grumble moan cue
> flame wars]" type discussions. We're still living in a large Windows-at-home
> world...surely it's better to have a small Win95 partition or slow machine
> (eg, old 486 or summat) lying around for the times you need Windows?

I do, I have a dual boot setup. But for always on networking there isn't a
chance I'm running Windows 98 on it! Yeah, maybe 2k or NT would be better
(do they support NT? I bet they don't) but I only have 98 on CD.


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