On Wednesday 01 Sep 2004 11:55 pm, flesh.99 wrote: > On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 18:40:17 -0400, Bryan Phinney > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 01 September 2004 06:02 pm, Margot wrote: > > > They don't supply a modem. Can anyone recommend one which will > > > definitely work with Mandrake 10 (and with Win 98SE, as I'm now > > > dual booting)? Preferably an external one, as I'm not confident > > > with screwdrivers! Or, are there any I should definitely avoid? > > > > Margot, you really should be asking them for a list of > > recommendations. ADSL is not totally universal as far as equipment > > goes, so the kind of modem that you need is going to be determined > > by the hardware at the DSLAM and phone company, not based on the > > operating system you run. According to their web page, they > > support the Speedtouch 330 USB DSL modem as well as the Netgear > > DM602 router/modem. > > > > Personally, I would go for the Netgear if I were you, it will hook > > up to your ethernet card and should be as close to plug and play as > > you get. The USB option is more likely to result in possible > > compatibility problems. > > It appears that the USB is fine as well: > http://www.4p8.com/eric.brasseur/fc2_speedtouch_usb.html > http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/ > > There are some issues, but the howto's should get them through it. > There is a lot of support for it out there. It won't be as easy as > the NetGear but it's all about choice.
The other nice thing about ethernet routers is that you can have a firewall up that allows no evil traffic to even get as far as your machine. Try the reviews on http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ http://www.adslguide.org.uk/reviews/ -- Richard Urwin
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