[H-GEN] adsl provider and modems

[Nikolai Lusan]

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On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Joshua Powell wrote:

> I am about to take the step of moving to adsl and wanted to get some advise.

I am looking to do the same, I want a static IP though so I have been
looking at business plans.


> Secondly, the question of the modem. What would you advise for ease of
> installation/configuration and reliability? Would the USB one work that you
> can get from Pacific? What should I steer clear of?

I did a telstra dsl install for a business, it was an Alcatel Speedtouch
USB modem. I fought with the thing for about a day and a half to get the
kernel module working properly then i couldn't find either working
source for pppoa or the code for the ATM-to-Ethernet bridge that was
written a couple of years back. I ended up using IPCop for them as it
had support for it out of the box and meant that I didn't have to screw
around with it any longer.  I would say stay away from USB in genreal,
my experiences (limited as they are) with it have all been bad.


Nikolai


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