[plug] Query about gateway computer settings

[Bret Busby]

On 24/03/2011, Tim <weirdit at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 24 March 2011 05:04, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>> When I phoned the ISP, they got me to do a factory reset on the modem,
>> that erased all of the modem settings., then, when it came to
>> configuring the modem, they basically said "Get stuffed - we don't
>> provide support for anything other than Windows running Internet
>> Explorer, and you shouldn't be using a firewall to access the
>> Internet".
>
> Normally I wouldn't care if an ISP said to get stuffed if you use
> anything other than windows... But an ISP who also says you shouldn't
> be using a firewall!?!? Care to name the shameful ISP?
>
> Tim
>
> --
> Timothy White - Somewhere in Australia

Optus.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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