[Sussex] Which Broadband? [Was MySQL won't start]

[Mike Diack]

Yes Des, I know they do in theory - its just I had a devil of a job when I 
was using Mandriva with the Sagem, like I say, I got it working a few times, 
and in some versions of Mandriva it worked better than others (as can be the 
case with Mandriva, sometimes the older versions worked better than the 
newer distros!)

I have a higher degree of confidence re the Speedtouch though.

I agree as well - the router/adsl modem is well worth the one off 
expenditure - you won't look back!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Desmond Armstrong" <desmond.armstrong at gmail.com>
To: "LUG email list for the Sussex Counties" <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Sussex] Which Broadband? [Was MySQL won't start]

> Tiscali may or may not work for you. They supply a USB modem. The one they 
> supplied me (Sagem Fast 800) wasn't properly supported under Linux, though 
> I got it working once or twice (that was back in Jan 2005). My folks who 
> went with broadband with Tiscali this Feb, got a newer Speedtouch USB 
> modem as part of the package.
>
>
> Both usb soft modems do work with Linux. I can vouch for this with 
> Mandriva, my preferred flavour.
> I strongly recommend though, that you purchase a proper adsl modem/router 
> (with NAT) such as the 5 port Safecom adsl2/2+ from www.qtds.com at £19.95 
> +vat. (The one with Wi-Fi is £34.99) and then you will be ready for 
> 16Mbits!
>
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