You might think about using an external ADSL modem. I had the same issue and spent 100 on a turbocomm adsl router. It is a dsl modem, NAT, and router all in one. I disabled the router in it of course, but it solved my problem.
Jon On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Sarig Scudder wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade my internet connection from 56K modem service to ADSL > service but I am having some problems with the company providing the > service. They claim the minimum machine they will install a modem on is a > Pentium 133 with 32meg of memory. I currently have an AMD 133 which is a > 486 class process with 24megs of memory, being used as a firewall, that I > would like to install it on. I asked the technician that came to install > why a Pentium 133 is the minimum and he had no answer only to show me > documents from the various service providers he works with that all have the > same minimums. My guess is the minimums are based on the computer being used > as a workstation but I have no facts to back that up. Is it possible to get > ADSL service working on a 486 given enough RAM? Since it is a firewall and > only has to pass packets along, more or less, I thought this would be > enough. Anybody care to venture an opinion? > > ------------ > Sarig > > > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
