[Wylug-help] ADSL interfaces for Linux

[Jim Jackson]

On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, David Pashley wrote:

> On Tuesday 05 November 2002 12:26 pm, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> > On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 12:20, Daniel Walker wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 05 Nov 2002 11:08, David Pashley wrote:
> > > > One thing I can not stress enough, is to not get the serive from BT
> > > > OpenWorld. Use an ISP with a clue.
> > >
> > > Seconded. And not Pipex, either. They never answer the phone, AFAICT.
> >
> > Any positive comments re ADSL ISPs?
> >
> > Otherwise I'd start with a short list of mailbox & demon (oddly they
> > don't seem to do SMTP on low end DSL), and work round...
> >
>
> I keep hearing good things about demon. YMMV.

I've just placed an order with demon - who so far have been helpful,
getting thru' to a human was easy, and a techie too.

the demon solo account gives you a fixed IP number.

> As for devices, I would recommend that you get an external router jobby with
> ethernet out, as I wouldn't trust a USB or PCI device to have linux drivers.

I concurr with Dave. If my line passes it's BT tests (I have my
doubts) then I'll be buying a cheapo ADSL/ethernet router to
connect to my existing homebrew Linux SBC/firewall router -yeah I know
over kill - but I get the flexibility and control I need opn my linux box.

However I have seen a PCI ADSL card advertised in Linux Journal!