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From: The Natural Philosopher on 6 Jun 2010 04:51 philo wrote: > On 06/05/2010 07:19 PM, RayLopez99 wrote: >> Well, I just checked to see if the modem works. It was working (years >> ago) under Windows 2000 on this old Pentium II with limited RAM. >> >> I configured the modem using the Damn Small Linux Control Panel, using >> the standard defaults (PPP for example, etc). I'm not an expert on >> dialup modem settings--feel free to tell me what to do if you are--but >> using the defaults it should have worked. >> > > If possible get an external serial port modem > > pretty much a 100% sure guarantee of working. > > > BTW: why the hell are you on dial up? > > when I switched over to DSL it was actually cheaper > as I did not have to pay for a 2nd phone line I dont think Ray knows the difference between dial up, and ADSL and between serial ports and USB actually. I think the point is to create an obfuscated and highly artificial situation that can be used to prove that 'Linux doesn't work where windows can'
From: owl on 6 Jun 2010 06:38 In comp.os.linux.advocacy RayLopez99 <raylopez88(a)gmail.com> wrote: > This is a D-LInk labeled "Ethernet Broadband Router"! Are you a grandmother? If not, then you should not be attempting this.
From: Peter on 6 Jun 2010 06:57 In article <6f185f76-27a3-4db0-8c21- 106dd69b7130(a)j8g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, raylopez88(a)gmail.com says... > > Stupid question #2: if I go with the D-Link, I just power it up, plug > the speedtouch DSL modem into the "WAN" port as input, then ethernet > cables from two of the four other ports to my two PCs' ethernet card > ports, right? Then on bootup the PCs should both recognize the DSL > modem, right? And both can independently surf the internet via the > same DLS modem right? (with a performance penalty I assume for sharing > the same bandwidth of course). > No, the router would replace the modem and connect directly to the phone line. -- Pete Ives Remove All_stRESS before sending me an email
From: Nigel Feltham on 7 Jun 2010 02:40 Peter wrote: > In article <6f185f76-27a3-4db0-8c21- > 106dd69b7130(a)j8g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, raylopez88(a)gmail.com says... >> >> Stupid question #2: if I go with the D-Link, I just power it up, plug >> the speedtouch DSL modem into the "WAN" port as input, then ethernet >> cables from two of the four other ports to my two PCs' ethernet card >> ports, right? Then on bootup the PCs should both recognize the DSL >> modem, right? And both can independently surf the internet via the >> same DLS modem right? (with a performance penalty I assume for sharing >> the same bandwidth of course). >> > > No, the router would replace the modem and connect directly to the phone > line. Not in this case as from the description it sounds like he has a cable modem (ADSL modems have phone connection labelled 'Line', cable modems have 'WAN' ports) which does need a separate ADSL modem/router connected to the WAN port to work this way (not forgetting to configure the router for user/password and other connection settings).
From: Hadron on 7 Jun 2010 04:51
Peter <pete.ivesAll_stRESS(a)blueyonder.co.uk> writes: > In article <6f185f76-27a3-4db0-8c21- > 106dd69b7130(a)j8g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, raylopez88(a)gmail.com says... >> >> Stupid question #2: if I go with the D-Link, I just power it up, plug >> the speedtouch DSL modem into the "WAN" port as input, then ethernet >> cables from two of the four other ports to my two PCs' ethernet card >> ports, right? Then on bootup the PCs should both recognize the DSL >> modem, right? And both can independently surf the internet via the >> same DLS modem right? (with a performance penalty I assume for sharing >> the same bandwidth of course). >> > > No, the router would replace the modem and connect directly to the phone > line. Router's do not replace modems. Unless it's a dsl modem/router combo product. |