[Sussex] Just a bit of news

[Angelo Servini]

The router I use I would reccomend on the basis that you have the firewall
separate from your PC, so that your CPU is not tied up managing the
firewall.  The router also includes the ADSL modem device, which you need to
connect to the Broadband service.  Some modems connect via USB which is NOT
reccomended as it can slow your connection.  I think also that other members
of the SLUG mentioned that USB-ADSL is difficult to set up in LINUX.

You can by the router from SOLWISE   www.solwise.co.uk    You probably can
get routers that are better than the one I have, as mine is now 6 months
old.

Routers are and have been used traditionally to connect PC's together to
network them.  In this case Linux treats the internet and your PC as being
on the same network.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Diack [mailto:mike_diack at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, 20 July 2004 16:38
>To: LUG email list for the Sussex Counties
>Subject: Re: [Sussex] Just a bit of news
>
>
>Not knowing a router's role etc (shame on me), can you give advice:
>- Did you have to buy one - or would that come as part of their signup 
>package?
>- Is it required.
>
>(Am currently using BT Anytime dialup on WinXP/Mandrake 10 and 
>though I'm a 
>computer whizkid - I know very little about ethernet/ADSL).
>

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