Dear Mr Jennings, Thank you for your info. I did look at your url and that wa mot helpfull. Best wishes, Malcolm.
On Monday 21 Mar 2005 21:56, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Monday 21 March 2005 20:55, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > > Sirs, > > > > Can any one give me ideas on the best broadband provider for > > Mandrake-Linux. At present I have a dial up modem and have been so far > > attracted to Metronet who charge only �10 per month: although there are > > extra charges for heavy downloads. > > > > Can Linux work with any provider as in the case of dial up. > > > > With thanks for your time. > > > > Malcolm Candlish. > > Linux will work with any ADSL provider in the UK. > They may say it does not, and they ,may try to stop you using it, but it > will work. Some ISPs are quite Linux friendly. Plusnet and Pipex come to > mind. > > What is more important is the ADSL modem you use. > Some are simply not supported, and others are not supported very well. > > For example the USB modem BT supply free with their broadband service is > AFAIK NOT supported, while the Alcatel USB modem supplied by many ISPs such > as Pipex IS supported. > > Avoid PCI ADSL modems. They are only supported with proprietary firmware > and while models such as the Connectix does work with Linux it is such a > pain to get working it is not worth the effort. > > The safest hardware to use is a standalone ethernet connected > ADSLmodem/router. > > These are scarcely any more expensive than a DSL modem and offer firewall > protection. > > The ebuyer.co.uk own brand single port DSL router works well and is really > cheap. An external DSL modem/router looks just like an ordinary Ethernet > connection to Linux and does not need any special drivers. > > > If you want to read feedback of Linux users on DSL in the UK browse the > forums at http://www.adslguide.org/ > > derek
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