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On 2008-08-25, Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca> wrote: |
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> I've decided to change my ISP from Sympatico to Uniserve |
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> & need to check a couple of things re which others may have advice. |
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> (1) the best option seems to be to buy a DSL modem: Uniserve offers |
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> |
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> Zoom x4 ADSL : <= 8 Mbit/s (up 1 Mbit/s ) |
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> www.zoom.com/products/adsl_overview.html#5651 : "works w Linux" |
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> My understanding is that the kernel talks to the ethernet chip |
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> on the mobo, which in turn talks to the DSL modem, so there is |
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> no problem of having a DSL modem which Linux cannot work with. |
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> Am I correct ? |
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The Zoom x4 DSL modem is an IP NAT/firewall/router. It |
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contains a DHCP server, and Linux will work with it just fine. |
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