Re: [Sheflug] BlueYonder

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> 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 need the engineer to install the cable and drill a hole in your wall, or 
splice the TV downlead if you already have cable. They will also test the 
cable works as well before leaving. You wouldn't want them to come round 
drill the holes, then leave - giving you the chance to plug everything 
together and find that .... it doesn't work would you?

> 
> > 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.
> 

I was talking at installation time - not a few days down the road. If the 
engineer sets it up and tests it and it doesn't work, he knows what he's done 
and can work from there. If you do the setup, the engineer will have to ask 
you for info all the time.

If it breaks a few weeks down the road, then that's summat you'll have to 
deal with then :) The cable that's used though is rather robust so shouldn't 
cause any problems - more a chance of a network problem once its installed 
and working rather than a physical equipment/cable problem.

> 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.
> 

If you've got a nothing installation of Win<whatever>, there should be no 
problem with the machine being on the network for a cable modem installation. 
If you have a LAN, disconnect the LAN from it...security is now a non-issue 
for the simple reason of once the engineers gone, you boot back into your 
firewall protected Linux setup and reconnect the LAN. (At least for me, it's 
a non-issue - nowt for be to be worried about on my windows partition. 
Security is very much in the eye of the beholder, so YMMV).

Chris...


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