[ale] DSL providers/hardware

[Brian]

Indeed, the requirement is a single ethernet port on your box -- they
don't use those USB-based DSL modems (thank $DEITY).

bnm

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Ken Arromdee <arromdee at rahul.net> wrote:
> Okay, now, what hardware exactly do I need to connect to DSL?  Is an
> Ethernet card needed?  If so, will any card do or are there only a few which
> work with Linux?
>
> If I look at Atlantic Nexus's page it says this:
>
> "The free modem is a bridge only devices that may be used with your
> DSL router or connected directly to a single Windows XP, Vista, MAC
> or Linux computer. "
>
> Do I need an ethernet card for this?
>
> If I only have one PC, do I need a router?
>
> There are supposedly PCI DSL modems, do any of them work with Linux?
>
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