On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 15:33, Colin Fraser wrote: > Hi (at last), > > Sorry it's taken so long to respond and thanks to all all for their help and > suggestions. Working in Ireland during the week, delays getting BT to convert > my ISDN to DSL. etc. meant that it was all verrrry slow going. > > Particular thanks to Phil. Took your suggestion and signed up with force9 > (quoted you when I signed up - have they honoured the referral?). > > Same problems with the Alcatel modem, eventually gave up and bought a Zoom X5 > (modem, router, firewall and 4-port switch). Not cheap at 80GBP but gives a > lot of bang for the buck. Nice browser based configuration. I'd recommend it > to anyone. > > Setup literally took minutes and (once I managed to spell my username - > cfraser - how difficult can that be?) connected first time. The connection > seems great. The bandwidth speed checker on their site reports 477kbs against > a target of 460 for the service! > > Cheers and thanks to all, > > Colin > > Colin > > On Saturday 13 March 2004 22:05, Philip Ward wrote: > > We got ADSL recently and I went with Force9. Â21.99 a month and you get > > 250Meg webspace plus 50MB cgi enabled webspace. The connection has been > > reliable for the month we've had it. > > As for modem/router I have been fighting an Alcatel USB modem for a > > friend's Mandrake laptop and eventually gave up and got a cheap router > > (Origo - Â35 on ebay). No more problems. > > > > Phil. > > > > Colin Fraser wrote: > > >BT have finally got the lead out and are enabling our exchange this week! > > >Should have sorted this out ages ago but there's nothing like the eleventh > > >hour to sharpen the mind. > > > > > >So I want an ADSL connection (scrapping my expensive ISDN line). Can > > > anyone help with recommendations on modem to use, best provider, etc? > > > > > >Both BT and Tiscali offer free modems, but can these be used with Linux? > > > I've seen the recommendations for Force9, but what gear should I get to > > > be able to use them? > > > > > >Any help gratefully received - if I wasn't working in Ireland there'd be > > > pints at the next meeting as an extra inducement but I suppose I'll just > > > have to rely on your goodwill! > > > > > >TIA, > > > > > >Colin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Scottish mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Recently converted from ISDN to ADSL. Demon handled conversion via BT went very smoothly. Demon allow NATS on Express Solo Product at 24.99 per month - less if you pay year up front. Installed Netgear 834G router - everything was up and running in minutes once ADSL was enabled. Demon gave the few parameters required - no problems at all in installation. Have upgraded firmware in router since but the only problem was when there was a circuit failure courtesy of BT - apart from that everything excellent. Can recommend router approach and Demon Internet. -- Ian Robertson Tel +44 (0)1224 624811 Tel/Fax +44 (0)1224 781326 _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish