I know the frustration of trying to get USB devices to run under linux. A while ago, a client asked me to set up a web server. He had purchased a Telstra Bigpond ADSL account which came with a USB "Modem". After about 3 days I had the "modem" working, but its not something I'd run in a production environment because there were too many things which could go wrong.
After spending so many days configuring it, I discovered the client hadn't checked if he would be entitled to a Static IP address...Bigpond weren't giving them away, so in the end the Bigpond account was cancelled, "modem" returned, and a new provider was chosen. The new provider gave us a Dlink DSL-500 router. It was configured in a matter of minutes. Haven't had any problems with it at all. My suggestion, the Dlink DSL-500. They only cost about $200 from Harris Technology. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phillipus Gunawan Sent: Tuesday, 27 April 2004 8:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] TPG modem recommendation G'day, Iam using TPG ADSL, it came with a free D-Link DSL-200 modem which only has telephone and USB connection. I want to create a gateway from Debian, with an old computer. My question is, did anyone ever try to use the same modem (via USB) to make it as gateway/firewall? Or do I need to buy another modem/router so it can work with only the network card? I am not sure this modem is for USB 2 or 1, but my old computer surerly only have USB 1 in it. Best Regards, Phillip __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
