[Herefordshire] Broadband connection.

[Julian Robbins]

Hi Noel

I take a different tack. Using a router/miodem combination is a good idea but 
as you will need a decent firewall when you get ADSL, I use IPCop a linux 
distro that you install on an old PC (mine is a 350 MHZ PII). There is a new 
version of the software ie 1.4 www.ipcop.org.

One of the benefits is that its a bit cheaper (assuming you have some old kit 
lying around), and taht you have even more flexibilty then a router.

I use mine for a work VPN (ie a Virtual private Network), so i can safely 
connect up , work on my pc, or admin via web interfaces backups, etc etc.

Very useful.

Or you could try Smoothwall, a slightly less GPL version of this. Or Astaro 
even !

All are similar packages. IPCop and Smoothwall are actually pretty easy to 
setup. can take only 15 mins. Hung of this I use a Fujitsu USB modem - not 
the best, but works reliably enough for me.

Julian



On Thursday 07 Oct 2004 07:47, Noel McG. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We are due to get broadband, out here in the sticks in north Herefordshire,
> by the end of December.
>
> In anticipation I am starting to look around to see what might be needed.
>
> Now does anyone know if the modems that either Tiscali or Wanadoo supply
> are Linux compatible?
>
> If not, have any of you got reliable broadband connections up and running
> at present, with other ISP's.  Bearing in mind that this is for private
> purposes and needs to be reasonable.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Noel.