On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 08:56:12PM -0000, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
On Fri, January 29, 2010 5:44 pm, Mark Wilson wrote:
Hi, I was just wondering does anyone know if it's possible to use BT Broadband on a linux system? I've heard there are problems, something to do with a modem they supply (BT voyager?) and driver issues. Any info would be most appreciated!
There's are many ADSl modems that will work just fine with Linux. However, my advice would be: don't bother.
Buy yourself a suitably featured ADSL firewall/wireless router that presents ethernet to your LAN and never think about the problem again.
Personally, I have one of these:
http://www.seg.co.uk/products/v2820.html
There are certainly much cheaper options available, I just like Draytek kit.
I have a 2820 too, it works pretty well. On the second ADSL line I have a BT Business Hub which is actually a 2Wire 2700HGV router, that too works pretty well but suffers from the disadvantage that BT have taken over its interface so you can't talk to the router if your internet conneciton goes down.