Re: [Sheflug] Tiscali Broadband

[lesleyb <lesley.binks [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

zoebutler [at] tiscali.co.uk wrote:
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>  
>  I have used it a little and I
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> used UNIX back in the Jurassic age. I'm not a 'Windows person' though..... I
>
> am more used to OS/2 and have decided after trying Windoze XP over the last
> year 
> that I would rather migrate to Linux. OS/2 is going to be around for a few
> years more
>
> under license from Serenity Systems as eComStation but realistically, I can
> t
>
> imagine IBM wanting this to continue once their corporate licensees have
>
> moved to Linux. So I am investigating Linux and I'll start migrating as soon
>
> as I've got the hang of it. I'll still keep OS/2 for old times sake but
> Windoze gets the boot ;) 
>   
> The supplied Modem is a SAGEM F [at] st 800 ADSL Modem. I also have an Origo ADSL
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> Router so I might be better going with that and networking my Laptop at the
>
> same time.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/23/2004/12/3/202072
might help with the SAGEM.  And strangely enough
http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php?product=755&sort=8&cat=all&page=1

I can't spot anything specific for the Origo even on 
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ .

http://www.linuxhardware.org/ might be useful. As might 
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/ .

I had an Alcatel Speedtouch USB for a while and there were some 
difficulties getting it to work with SuSE in early 8.2 but I believe the 
drivers for that modem were included in kernels > 2.4.20.  However, I've 
moved on to a D-Link DSL300T modem because I want to use BSD stuff and 
Ethernet really is so much less trouble on both BSD and Linux platforms.

The UK works with PPPoA and VPI/VCI of 0/38.  Typical modem setting is 
G.DMT but your ISP should have given you these details along with 
everything else.

What I favour with Zen is that it is a one month rolling contract which 
is practically terminate when you like.  They offer 1 fixed IP address 
or 8 fixed IP addresses but they use 3 of those for mail and name 
servers and routing.

Demon also offers a fixed IP address but they used to require a full 
year's contract.

Never had a problem with either of those, but not much joy with NTL and 
Tiscali caused me much grief with hijacked browsers and config files in 
the days of NT.

Regards

Lesley
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