On 22 Jan 2010, at 18:09, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> What do you think of the relative merits
> of a WiFi ADSL modem serving a number of laptops
> versus a simple ADSL modem connected to a desktop computer
> with a WiFi router (Linksys WRT54GL) on the other side?
>> I have the latter setup, basically because I am using
> an old Eircom ADSL modem.
> But this strikes me as having some advantages
> in understanding and controlling what is going on.
> (I'm running shorewall under CentOS on my desktop.)
>> However, this seems to be an unusual viewpoint?
Of course it's an unusual viewpoint. Using Linux is unusual. The
vast majority of people live lives of quite desperation^W^W^W^W^W
happily use whatever tat their ISP gives them free or cheap.
Niall
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