[H-GEN] Issues with TPG Broadband?

[Harry Phillips]

cbecwd wrote:
> I am thinking of going broadband with TPG and am running Mandrake 9.2.
> Are there any issues I need to be aware off before signing up? e.g., 
> will Mandrake detect the modem?...etc. As usual there is no mention of
> Linux in the T&G.

I have nothing specific to offer in regards to TPG, but you will find 
that almost all modems that have an Ethernet connection use Linux 
internally.

It is transparent to the user though. You use a web browser interface to 
set your username/password and the modem will login for you. All you do 
then is set the default route to be the modem and you are away. All the 
NATing is done on the modem, some even have a firewall built-in.

My Dynalink RTA230 does not have a stateful firewall, so I assume it 
uses ipchains instead of iptables. That's fine, I plan on using the 
firewall rules I already have in place and turned off the modems firewall.

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Regards,
Harry Phillips