[CALUG] modems for Linux

[CardinalZin at verizon.net]

Eldon,
   Why would you have to use their router?
They just bring ethernet inside and run it to the router.
As I recall, they won't replace the router if it dies,
so that kinda implies that there's nothing special about it.
I do know that I seriously dislike the many-tiered menu
system that hide all the freaking settings.

>>> Cardinal Zin  <<<
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Too late, Eldon Ziegler wished to retract:

> With Verizon's fiber service you have to use their router. It's not a
> bad one but I was accustomed to my Linux router. The 15 down / 2 up Mbps
> speed is great though.
>
> On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 00:54 -0400, Kelly Price wrote:
>> On 8/17/06, Keith <pdragon at pdragon.net> wrote:
>>> Every cable/dsl modem from regular commercial providers (Comcast, Cox,
>>> Verizon, Speakeasy, etc) I've come across works fine just plugged straight
>>> into the lan jack. No cross-over cable or drivers needed, Linux or Windows.
>>> This is, of course, not recommended. Better to have a hardware
>>> router/firewall between you and the net, even if it is only one computer.
>>>
>>
>> Add Fiber Optics for that.
>>
>>> If you've got an old PC laying around not doing anything, you can download
>>> IPCop <http://www.ipcop.org> and make your own router. Did that myself with
>>> an old Pentium II system almost a year ago and it works better than any
>>> commercial router I've ever used.
>>
>> In a pinch, Slackware on an old Pentium 1 laptop and two ethernet
>> PC-Cards works.
>>
>>
>
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