Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:28:10 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: DSL Modem? |
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Alan Cox writes: > > A friend of mine is getting DSL out here in colorado. His "DSL Adapter" is > > an internal Intel Pro/DSL 2100. Do we know if this is supported under > > linux? We're really hoping to set him up with a linux firewall, web > > It isnt supported under Linux. Someone has been talking with Intel about > getting the needed documentation under NDA to then do a GPL driver. I don't > know what state it is in. > > Currently the recommended procedure with DSL is to blink at the install > guy wave a laptop at him and say 'where does that go'. > > In most parts of the world thats how you get external DSL->ethernet 8)
Ah, the old bat-the-eyelashes trick.
However, I actually *want* an internal DSL card, rather than the external modem I've got now. It would allow me to reclaim one (possibly two) IP addresses from the pool of 8 I was given. So if someone knows what's happening in this area, please let me know.
Regards,
Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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