AOL Broadband on Fedora Core

[tridztan]

I have been using fedora core 3 for the past month and i have decided
to connect it to the internet.I use AOL broadband which i'll love to
use on fedora core.Problem is,i have been told AOL doesn't support
linux.Does anyone know of any broadband connection that supports
fedora core?On the other hand,if anyone
uses AOL on fedora core ,can they please
tell me how its done.

[terryjr386]

I have Comcast which doesn't have any special program front end like AOL. Fedora Core 4 works on their service, but don't expect support from them they only support Windows XP.

[kg4cbk]

Does your broadband connection have an ethernet port coming out of the cable modem?

If it does then it should just work with linux.

I would recommend you get a hardware firewall (even for use with windows systems) as it adds a layer of protection and allows you to have more than one system on the Internet at the same time.

Some ISP providers lock in the MAC address of your computer. Ran into that once when installing a Netgear router. I just used the option in the router to clone the MAC address of the PC that had already been registered.

If the AOL content is an issue check if they allow access via a web browser to that content. If they do then it should work with linux just fine.