[Sussex] Just a bit of news

[Mike Diack]

Thanks for the advice - I guess my original question was if one was a 
prerequisite for broadband as well as a suitable modem.
Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gareth Ablett" <Gareth.Ablett at itpserve.co.uk>
To: "LUG email list for the Sussex Counties" <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:43 AM
Subject: RE: [Sussex] Just a bit of news


Mike,

If you are going to get a router I'd just like to add to Angelo's advice
and tell you that I hate Thomson (Alctel) router's they one I got is
complete crap.
I would recommend a linksys router though.

Gareth Ablett
Systems Developer

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Angelo Servini [mailto:Angelo.Servini at claybrook.co.uk]
> Sent: 20 July 2004 4:54 pm
> To: 'LUG email list for the Sussex Counties'
> Subject: RE: [Sussex] Just a bit of news
>
> The router I use I would reccomend on the basis that you have the
firewall
> separate from your PC, so that your CPU is not tied up managing the
> firewall.  The router also includes the ADSL modem device, which you
need to
> connect to the Broadband service.  Some modems connect via USB which
is NOT
> reccomended as it can slow your connection.  I think also that other
members
> of the SLUG mentioned that USB-ADSL is difficult to set up in LINUX.
>
> You can by the router from SOLWISE   www.solwise.co.uk    You probably
can
> get routers that are better than the one I have, as mine is now 6
months
> old.
>
> Routers are and have been used traditionally to connect PC's together
to
> network them.  In this case Linux treats the internet and your PC as
being
> on the same network.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Mike Diack [mailto:mike_diack at hotmail.com]
> >Sent: Tuesday, 20 July 2004 16:38
> >To: LUG email list for the Sussex Counties
> >Subject: Re: [Sussex] Just a bit of news
> >
> >
> >Not knowing a router's role etc (shame on me), can you give advice:
> >- Did you have to buy one - or would that come as part of their
signup
> >package?
> >- Is it required.
> >
> >(Am currently using BT Anytime dialup on WinXP/Mandrake 10 and
> >though I'm a
> >computer whizkid - I know very little about ethernet/ADSL).
> >
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