[Sussex] Re: Sourcing list of hardware

Wed Oct 25 09:09:18 UTC 2006

Hi Guys

I use the following with my Ubuntu installation.

Netgear DG834G 54 Mbps Wireless ADSL Modem Firewall Router.  A good ol'
faithful router which just seems to keep on trucking.  If you don't need
the wireless bit just drop the 'G' and it becomes DG834.

All the best

Angelo.

Ps.  These days there seems to be a lot of talk about viruses/worms and
such like.  Is it worth installing a linux anti-virus solution just in
case?

Just thought I'd ask.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sussex-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk 
> [mailto:sussex-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Ronan Chilvers
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 October 2006 09:21
> To: LUG email list for the Sussex Counties
> Subject: Re: [Sussex] Re: Sourcing list of hardware
> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 08:48:46AM +0100, Desmond Armstrong wrote:
> > My comment here is that when I see one of those soft modems 
> I like to 
> > throw it out and replace it with the ADSL modem / router, 
> normally the 
> > low cost one from www.qtds.com.
> > 
> > Two reasons:-
> > 1/ I don't want to expose the computer to the internet (especially 
> > important with dual booted machines)
> > 2/ The common USB modems use processor power and in some 
> instances I 
> > have experienced internet speed even slower than dial up using it. 
> > Problem immediately resolved using the stand alone modem / 
> router. (I 
> > always get the ones with 4 sockets as the cost difference 
> is so little)
> 
> Depends. I used a Speedtouch ADSL (the green froggy one) very
> successfully for 2 years plugged into a p2, 64MB, 2GB with 
> IPCop installed 
> on it. Extremely stable, excellent speed, no problems at all. 
> Recently 
> swapped it for an external ethernet modem cos I wanted to 
> play around with
> building a custom firewall and ethernet is easier than USB.  
> Still have
> the Speedtouch and would happily use it again.
> 
> Having said that I haven't used any other USB modems, but I
> think that they can be pretty bad as you say. I think BT switched from
> the speedtouch to an Intel one as their default broadband modem -
> generally had pretty bad experiences with Intel modems so...
> 
> Firewalling is the key though. If you can firewall your connection,
> whether its local or networked, that's the important thing.
> 
> Cheers
> --  
> Ronan
> e: ronan at thelittledot.com
> t: 01903 739 997
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