On Wednesday 06 December 2006 06:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My fathter wants an inexpensive computer which will connect to an ADSL > broadband connection, He also wants to do video editing so it has to have > some reasonable specs. > Where can I get an inexpensive (I think it will have to be Linux) computer? > Or how can I get some broadband connectivity on 8 year old x86 > architecture? (even if it's not Linux Compatable)
I've done this 3 times, once in the UK (from here) so I'm really certain about my opinion: Get an ADSL ethernet router, with firewall and dhcp Do anything with the computer (but use dhcp) I made a small desktop icon called 'totigger' for each that portforwards 22 on their machine at some dynamic IP to me on 1200 (whatever) I can then ssh -p 1200 localhost and arrive on their machine, for any support issues (of course mine are all linux). Trying to use USB modems, maintain the firwall on the remote machine etc is machoism James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
