At 02:09 PM 24/02/2006, Rajnish wrote:
After looking at the broadbandchoice website for some weeks now, I've figured
that I'd ask the sluggers. What are your suggestions for a modest $50/month
commitment, minimum 512Kbps plan from an ISP that does not shy away from
Linux (slackware, fedora) ?
With the market the way it is, the more it seems that you get with
your $50, the more restrictions there can be on the
service. BBChoice is a good place to start, bearing in mind that
most of the comments you will see on whingepool, are complaints :)
Linux-supporting ISP's ar few and far between, simply because of the
breadth of experience of their helpdesk staff.
I'd guess that most users use a router which does the NATing for
their LAN, as you would most likely be doing with your setup.
And one other question: to avoid having long wires running across
the length of the
house (phone's in one corner, my computer's in another), I was considering a
wireless router (?). What are the draw backs of this ? And also is
it likely to
interfere with a baby monitor ?
Wireless routers are good, use a separate access point myself, simply
because I have a cisco 1700 router
As for the interference - most likely not .... baby monitors are
usually 433 or in the 900 MHz range, Wireless ethernet is 2.4GHz
Cheers,
Rob
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