Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:40:18 +1030 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Haikal Saadh <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Stephen McKay <mckay@thehub.com.au>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com> Subject: Re: Broadband downunder Message-ID: <XFMail.010216104018.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <006d01c0974c$e9a02870$0100a8c0@warhawk>
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On 15-Feb-01 Haikal Saadh wrote: > Hardware compatability should not be an issue, should it? It's just a black > box that plugs into an ethernet card? And in the case of cable modems all > DOCSIS modems are equal, right? All the sites I've come across have a fair Bzzat :-( Some providers use USB DSL modems which may or may not have drivers.. eg British Telecom provides the cheaper USB DSL modem and if you want ethernet you need to pay extra. AFAIK Telstra provide a ethernet connection. --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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