m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Reading this, I'm thinking still more about the bigger picture, there. I didn't see the start of this thread - is this a home system? If so, using WinDo$e is pointless, if you're running Linux, unless you're running Linux in a VM under WinDoze.
The machine is running CentOS-5.6 . The modem is running fine, but my speed has not been improved threefold, as promised. In fact the speed is identical to the previous modem, as far as I can tell.
I find a Windows dual-boot quite useful on many occasions, eg if some card or other device does not work under Linux it is worth seeing if it works under Windows.
Also, if I have to call my ISP (I did once, when the line outside was damaged in a storm), it is more or less obligatory to be running Windows during the visit.
I've been running Unix for 30 years, having graduated to Linux from Minix. I guess my philosophy is closer to Linus Torvalds than Richard Stallman.