[Herefordshire] Broadband connection.

[Andrew Hodgson]

Hi,

Actually I have seen some of the free or cheap modems come with one ethernet
port, which should be used in preference to the USB port.  One other thing to
do is to see if you can use something like Smoothwall or IpCop as the
firewall, after all, these can be ran on very slow machines since no window
manager is used, only a lightweight web server.  I also understand some USB
drivers are available for Smoothwall (i.e, a friend of mine has used it with
a USB type modem, not sure though what chipset), and the settings on these
are sensible.

Andrew.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk 
> [mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf 
> Of Noel McG.
> Sent: 09 October 2004 22:44
> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> Subject: Re: [Herefordshire] Broadband connection.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> It seems from your various replies that I did not give you enough
> information.
> 
> I have set up and old Pentium 200 with two USB, two LAN cards 
> and a very
> basic  Mandrake installation to act as a firewall.  Well as 
> basic as I could
> get it, as it seems rather difficult to install just 
> individual programmes.
> 
> I was then hoping to use this with a 'free' broadband modem 
> from either
> Tiscali or Wanadoo,  hence the query as to whether those 
> supplied were Linux
> compatible.
> 
> This now links in to the post further down from Mark re a lightweight
> windows manager. Part of the trouble being that I needed 
> something to allow
> me to configure things other than the command line.
> 
> Any further observation gratefully received.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Noel.
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Noel McG." <herlinux at hotmail.com>
> To: "Herefordshire LUG" <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:47 AM
> Subject: [Herefordshire] Broadband connection.
> 
> 
> > 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.
> >
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