[Klug-general] Adsl confusion

[Karl Lattimer]

You can get a Tigris ADSL from Dabs.com they all look OK though.

On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 21:24 +0100, Peter Apps wrote:
> I've just had a quick on Ebay. No Sangomas but the folowing Conexants.
> Maybe I'm getting a bit neurotic but are there any I should avoid. 
> 
> Conexant MegaSpeed ADSL Modem PCI  -
> £1.99  £3.50    4d 21m   
> Amigo AMX-CA83P Conexant PCI ADSL MODEM Linux IPcop       OK
> £22.00  £3.50    9d 02h 23m   
> M/CURY MODEM ADSL PCI CONEXANT API18CX
> R                       NEW    £23.92  £6.46    17d 16h 07m   
> Mercury API18CX Conexant ADSL PCI Modem Card
> £22.50  £2.45    64d 21h 57m   
> 
> Is there a shop in Kent that knows Linux? My local shops are very good
> - they let me bring stuff home to test it but I've got through their
> entire stocks of modems and routers.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri May 12 19:10 , Karl Lattimer <karl at nncc.info> sent:
> 
> 
> 
>         > Notes: 
>         > First public release of the usbatm kernel subsystem
>         including cxacru. 
>         
>         There is also a possibility its got a connexant chip, where
>         the CnxADSL
>         driver may work, although I can't be sure, try looking into
>         tigris
>         connexant and speedtouch, you will have to rebuild your
>         kernel, this
>         isn't particularly difficult but it is a pain and takes a
>         while, however
>         I would suggest getting a better (supported) modem. I would
>         recommend
>         the Connexant ADSL PCI and the Sangoma Wanpipe S518, both are
>         PCI cards,
>         and neither require the kernel to be rebuilt as they compile
>         as loadable
>         modules (sangoma builds into RPM and I have chkconfig and SPEC
>         patches
>         which you may need). The connexant is cheap, the sangoma is
>         pricey,
>         however the sangoma has line watchdog, which makes it very
>         stable.
>         
>         > NOTE: the package can be used only as an integral part of
>         the Linux
>         > kernel source tree, thus the kernel license terms apply to
>         it.
>         
>         Thats a bullshit line, they've hacked up a driver failed to
>         release it
>         GPL and submit it to patches at kernel.org so they're inheriting
>         the
>         license because they're cucking flueless. 
>         
>         Gotta love the relationship between hardware manufacturers and
>         linux,
>         linux is just too communist for them I recon. ;)
>         
>         K,
>         
>         
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