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[wailug] firewall/router specs

Phil Workman pwork at contact.net.nz
Mon Aug 25 17:38:11 NZST 2003


On 25 Aug 2003 at 16:49, Nic Bellamy wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 16:25, Phil Workman wrote:
> > > It'll also depend on the type of modem you get - if the one you
> > > get has the Linux box doing the PPP side of things (which is 
way
> > > more flexible), you'll be fine for jetstart but may want 
something
> > > faster
> >
> > Internal
> 
> Ugh. Conexant or (double-Ugh) Itex?
> 
> Either way, your host (Linux box) does the PPP side of things. I've
> set a number of these up; the nastiest part is the binary-only 
kernel
> drivers. Conexant is way less yuck, as they do it the NVidia way, 
so
> you can at least relink them.
> 
Conexant
i need to check- it seems to be an access runner - i will run knoppix 
to get some sort of id 
it is a dse modem.
i will do this first then go from there.

Thanks nic. 

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