[tech] ADSL/USB linux support

[Ian McKellar]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 08:14:48AM +0800, Balmik Soin wrote:
> morning ppl...
> 
> happy australia day btw...
> (gotta rememerb to ring my bro!)
> anyway, quick question...
> 
> lcoal telco is offering dirt cheap fast net access... but the catch is
> they provide a adsl modem that connects to a USB port on your computer,
> and so they state that it will only work with windows 98... NOT 95, or NT
> or on a mac...
> 
> now of course i want to use a *nix box to dialin (as i am actually
> planning to use it as backup bandwidth at work) and so i was wondering if
> anyone could point me in the right direction to find out if this is
> possible... or if they could tell me it isnt...
> 
> i have this fear the adsl modems they sell are the winmodems of the dsl
> world, as they only cost $140, and they say only work on windows 98...

The Linux USB stuff is getting pretty good. They've got support for a vast
number of devices (every day I delete many messages from my linux-usb inbox
relating to more devices that work). Take a look at the web page.. I think
its something like http://www.suse.cz/linux-usb/ or /usb/ or something...

Ian

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