sunshine13 Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Hi all I used to have duel boot xp and mandriva 2005 on dailup and have now updated to xp and mandriva 2006 on Wanadoo wireless and talk broadband 54mbps. I havnt been able to get the wireless adapter to work on linux as I am new to linux. I was thinking of buying a new modem/router/firewall which I know will be detected by linux. Can anyone tell me where I could get one and what make and model please I live in the uk. I have only had linux for a little while and would love to get it on broadband as I think it is fantastic. Cheers all :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Are you specifically wanting a wireless setup, or will a wired router do? ebuyer do some cheap and good ethernet modem/routers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine13 Posted November 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Are you specifically wanting a wireless setup, or will a wired router do? ebuyer do some cheap and good ethernet modem/routers. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes I am looking specically for a wireless setup but I want to get one that is easy to setup. I have had a reply from another forum on how to setup the speedtouch 330 modem from wanadoo but it is way tooo complecated for me at the moment, anyway I would prefer to have my own modem which I know how to setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Is this ADSL or cable modem? Or something entirely different? In Indonesia, I have seen ADSL modem with built in firewall/router and wireless from different manufacturers. At least the wired ports works easily with Linux. For wireless, you need a wireless card first. I suggest researching a bit for wireless card that is supported in Linux. D-Link seems to be a good brand for Linux support (with exception of the USB version). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 I've seen a lot of people recommend Draytek ADSL routers, and this would be my next choice on purchasing one :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Most adsl routers that can connect via ethernet will work easily with linux - as DragonMage suggests getting a wireless card working on the linux box would need to be your first priority however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine13 Posted November 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Is this ADSL or cable modem? Or something entirely different? In Indonesia, I have seen ADSL modem with built in firewall/router and wireless from different manufacturers. At least the wired ports works easily with Linux. For wireless, you need a wireless card first. I suggest researching a bit for wireless card that is supported in Linux. D-Link seems to be a good brand for Linux support (with exception of the USB version). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes its an ADSL Thomson speedtouch 330 modem/router with built in firewall. I have found some instructions on how to get it working but for a newbie its to complecated so I thought I would try to get something which other people have got working in linux with no problems. The speedtouchl is next to the phone socket and I have a usb adapter in the back of my desktop the other side of the room so I do not have to have extention wires going around the room. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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