Is that like an Apple ?

[Chanchao]

Op woensdag 28-02-2007 om 13:53 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Patrick
Newberry:

> Is there anything other configuration questions  I should ask when I go
> down to pick up my dsl modem?

YES!

The one and only thing that can make hooking up DSL completely trivial
is make sure that it's NOT just a cheapo USB DSL modem, but a DSL
Modem/ROUTER with a bunch of LAN network ports.  Then you have NOTHING
to do with drivers anymore, you're just connecting through a network
cable (of WiFi) which is very standard TCP/IP and ALWAYS works.

Typically the thing to say so as to not confuse the gibbons is: "I have
3 networked computers and want to connect all of them to my DSL
router."  

Often service providers offer you a choice of modems/routers, often at
no cost difference (or trivial cost difference):

1: Cheapo USB MODEM for one computer -> This can POTENTIALLY give you
the most work to hook it up to anything except windows.

2: A Modem/Router with like 1-4 LAN network ports. -> Great choice

3: A Modem/Router with one or more LAN network ports AND WiFi -> Also a
great choice.  Better even if you have laptops around, because then you
can browse the web in your bathtub or in the garden.

My company paid for my DSL connection and it came with a [2]. But only
one LAN port however, which sucks because my wife and I both have
laptops and there's also the Communal Desktop Beast.   So I bought
myself a [3], so including WiFi and a bunch of wired LAN ports.   

Cheers,
Chanchao