Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:39:20 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "White Hat" <pigskin_referee@yahoo.com>, "FreeBSD Users Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Westell USB network adapter Message-ID: <002601c77032$44db0ab0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <20070322155317.13052.qmail@web34406.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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First of all, I work for an ISP. I can assure you that anything that ActionTec makes is unmitigated garbage. Only use it if you absolutely must, and have it do as little as possible. If you can put it into bridged mode so that the NAT/routing functionality can be done by something behind it, your years ahead. Also, using USB for network connections is idiotic. Go Ethernet from the FIOS stuff to a wireless router. I sometimes worry since the ISP I work at offers DSL in the FIOS area and Verizon FIOS directly competes with us. Then I read posts like this that say what the Verizon techs are telling customers and I realize I have nothing to worry about. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "White Hat" <pigskin_referee@yahoo.com> To: "FreeBSD Users Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:53 AM Subject: Westell USB network adapter > Having gotten sick of my cable company, I am > considering switching to Verizon FIOS. They want to > install a Actiontec Router Model MI424-WR. They > recommend the Westell USB network adapter. Does anyone > have any experience with that unit and FBSD. I can use > any adapter I want as long as it works with their > router. I can use a hard wired system; however, if I > can get the wireless system working correctly, I would > rather do it that way. There are three computers on > this network, two WinXP and one FBSD-6.2 system. > > Thanks! > > > -- > White Hat > pigskin_referee@yahoo.com > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ > Never miss an email again! > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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