[Preston] broadband and LInux

[David Farrell]

Also know as soho 91.

-----Original Message-----
From: preston-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:preston-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of David Farrell
Sent: 17 January 2004 17:09
To: 'Preston and Lancashire Linux User Group'
Subject: RE: [Preston] broadband and LInux

Cisco 831 Secure Broadband Router - about £300 so a bit pricey, but
Cisco rule the world. Nobody ever got fired for buying Cisco (to
paraphrase).

-----Original Message-----
From: preston-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:preston-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Geoff King
Sent: 17 January 2004 16:50
To: 'Preston and Lancashire Linux User Group'
Subject: RE: [Preston] broadband and LInux

Andrew King wrote:
> Geoff King wrote:
>
>> Tell TW your using a hardware router (like a netgear box or similar)
>> and you need an ethernet interface.
>>
>>
> What do people think of the various DSL routers out there at the
> moment?  I've messed with a few (including Netgear and Belkin), and
> they've all been a complete pain (or a nightmare even!) to set up,
> apart from the one I got, which was the Zoom X3.  Can anyone else
> recommend
> the Zoom X*s?

I've only experienced the netgear and belkin ones aswell. They seem to
be 'plugin and go' which is nice. I do miss the flexibility of a Linux
server though.


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-Geoff

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