I use an alcatel speedtouch home -
you have to use pptp to connect to british adsl
connects via ethernet to the linux box
works fine, although it does sometimes hang after a few days of use.
This is probably something to do with the modem I think I read.
I just reset it.
dids

> This question may well have come up before but there's so much traffic
> here I don't always keep up......
>
> I've got SuSE 6.4 installation with 2.2.16 kernel which I'm very happy
> with - mostly used as a server/inet router to a couple of other machine=
s
> and I'm now on the verge of looking into ADSL equipping it. So I'm afte=
r
> thoughts/opinions on which way to go, specifically:
>
> - which modem's to use, the machine hasn't got usb and i'm keen to avoi=
d
> these & where to get one (I'm in the UK so needs to be UK compliant)
>
> - should I be upgrading the kernel/and or the whole SuSE installation t=
o
> a newer flavour (not entirely confident/sure about the effects on tryin=
g
> to just build one of the newer 2.4.x kernel's and shoving it on).
>
> and with all this in mind how difficult is it to do anyway.
>
> cheers.


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