On 2008-08-25, Philip Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've decided to change my ISP from Sympatico to Uniserve > & need to check a couple of things re which others may have advice. > > (1) the best option seems to be to buy a DSL modem: Uniserve offers > > Zoom x4 ADSL : <= 8 Mbit/s (up 1 Mbit/s ) > www.zoom.com/products/adsl_overview.html#5651 : "works w Linux" > > My understanding is that the kernel talks to the ethernet chip > on the mobo, which in turn talks to the DSL modem, so there is > no problem of having a DSL modem which Linux cannot work with. > Am I correct ?
The Zoom x4 DSL modem is an IP NAT/firewall/router. It contains a DHCP server, and Linux will work with it just fine.
