I'm using the Linksys BEFSR41 router on an ADSL link, and it works perfectly and very easily, and Linux has no trouble at all with it. I set mine up in Windows, but since the setup is by browser, you can set it up in any OS, using Netscape (as I did) or anything else. The nice part is, it contains its own firewall, so you don't have to fool with any other kind of firewall when you use it. I don't know if it uses embedded Linux or FreeBSD as its operating system, but it sure works and is extremely reliable. (No, I don't work for them or hold their stock.) I think the prices--at least in the US--are quite reasonable nowadays. --doug At 13:50 08/27/2002 +0100, Fergus Wilde wrote:
Hi All,
I am still on dialup here in the UK, but have been wondering whether to dip my toes into broadband. There are a couple of reasonably attractively priced deals involving kit like the Netgear DG814 broadband router and 4 port switch - since I had intended to to have a small network anyway, this might form a useful alternative to attaching a usb modem to the SuSE machine and then having to buy a separate hub.
However, my ignorance is complete - anyone got any experience with such devices under SuSE, and / or other *nix, ideally experience that involves attaching to the BTOpenworld broadband, the only kind I actually have on offer where I live. Don't worry about patronising me, I really know zip about this category of equipment.
Thanks for any input Best Fergus -- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB UK
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