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[Mark]

Steve im not sure what Telewest must have said because there are a fair f=
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people in Barnwood/Hucclecote with Broadband, myself included....



> On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 11:50:36PM +0100, Guy Edwards wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 22:12, steve@stevesearle.com wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 08:59:37PM +0100, Paul Broadhead wrote:
> > > > I use www.smoothwall.org as my firewall also on Telewest broadban=
d, it
> > > > just sits there and does its job, I hope.  Linux is also really g=
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> > I'm having Telewest installed next weekend and was meaning to ask on =
the
> > list whether the 486 would process packets fast enough. (I have no id=
ea
> > of the processing power required). Guess if it's working for you on a
> > 486 then it should be fine.
> Don't rely on it.  I live in Abbeymead and broadband isn't available
> (cable or ADSL on our street).  I am still on a dial up modem. <Bloody
> BT, rant, rant, rant>
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> > I think the nag screens were removed in patch 5, and installing
> > Smoothwall the distribution is already patched to that level I think.
> > Hence the nag screens shouldn't be a problem any more. I'm not going =
to
> > get involved in an ipcops vs smoothwall debate though :-) The ads by =
the
> > side don't bother me.
> I know they were removed, it was the odd reference to no one giving the=
m
> any money that got to me - its not a big thing - I just found IPCop and
> was happier with that.
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> > The lack of memmory is though. I use a 486 with 16mb of RAM and it wo=
n't
> > install patch 14. Finding 30 pin RAM can be a pain nowadays as well. =
The
> > sticks I've found so far don't work and I have a horrible feeling tha=
t
> > the current 16mb may be the motherboards maximum. I will experiment s=
ome
> Yes - the 486 I have only has 8mb and is a 33sx, and it wouldn't
> install Smoothwall or IPCop (I think 16 Mb was required for the
> install).  I found freesco which works quite happily.
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> BTW, anyone with friends, relatives in the Abbeymead/Barnwood area
> please encourage them to register for broadband - so far 94 people have
> registered and interest - BT require 400 to do so before they convert
> the exchange to provide ADSL.
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> Steve
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