[SWLUG] linux-friendly internet connectors

[Kris Zani]

I used a Vigor Draytek router which plugs in to any usb adsl modem for a 
while.  that was really good but you needed a windows box to make a 
config file out of the windows driver.

Glasiad wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Glasiad here from Bridgend area. Been using Linux OS's for about a 
> year now. Different distros. Currently I have SuSE 9.3 on one box and 
> Mepis on another. OK, intro over. Now to my subject / problem:
>
> Been connecting to the internet via  broadband adsl using speedtouch 
> modems configured with the help of Steve Parker's script posted on 
> sourceforge. No problems. But then both my speedtouch modems burnt out 
> in one week and the only replacement I could find locally in a pinch 
> was an "eTec" adsl usb modem that included drivers for Windows on a cd 
> but nothing else. Unable to find  much on the Net to help. So now I've 
> no choice but to use a Windows OS for internet use.
>
> So, my questions:
>
> Does anyone on this list have any experience with eTec adsl modems and 
> can they be configured to work with a Linux OS?
>
> If the answer is no to either or both parts of that question, what may 
> I ask is an easy and affordable solution to getting a Linux box hooked 
> up to the internet available to us here in Wales?
>
> hwyl!
> Glasiad
>
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