Franz Preihs wrote:
Subject: broadband with Suse Linux
Hey I would like to get broadband for my 2 computers.
What are the best options for it, because I need probably 3-5 Gbite / month download abilities.
BT told me that they don't support linux. I got to know that I have to get a router. Is that right? If yes - Is it difficult to configure a router? I have suse Linux on both of my computers and not yet an internetconnection at home.
What do you think about "onspeed" to speed up the line?
Does anybody have experience with installing broadband and Suse Linux?
Thanks for your answers Franz Preihs
I went broadband using cable about 3 years ago, I had a doostop hard drive with Win98 on it, so I let them do the setup using it, then I switched to linux with no pain. I use a standalone firewall (Ataro Linux) and on one occasion when I had a hardware failure, I just switched SuSE firewall on. BT may not support Linux, but Linux supports BT. When we have had problems, especially with dial-up, asking whether they supported pap or chap and have been met with "We don't support LINEUX (yeuuKKK!)", Pete Nikolic and myself developed a standard reply, "Look pal, if I wanted Linux support, you'd be the last person on the planet I'd ask, I'm quite capable of doing that myself, I just want to know whether you use pap or chap". Pete uses BT broadband with a Linksys router and I think he is contemplating inserting the Linux firewall between his internal network and the router. One recent trend I've seen are a number of Linux firewalls that only allow for a Windows configuration. There is also a Linux based GPS by TomTom where they say you need Windows to upload the maps, I'd buy one, but I can't be sure it would communicate with Linux, it would probably take one of the USB developers to write support for it. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====