[Ilugc] Re: Airtel DSl modem(New model) problem

[shivanan at shire.symonds.net]

> what do you mean by "ethernet modem"
This is not the same as the router.
Its a ADSL modem that takes a phone line into it and plugs in to your
ethernet port. Its like the USB Modem except, you know, it works through
ethernet.
When I was registering for the connection, I asked if the modem was
supported in Linux. The salesman bluntly told me No.
After I made a big production out of being dissappointed in this, he
called someone and then told me that if I get a ethernet modem instead of
a USB modem it should be OK to work.
The rental charges for the ethernet modem are the same (Its also a Beetel
modem - whatever that is).

> The modem which is given to me is an USB DSL modem
> Model seems to be "Beetel 100 CX".
Try and ask them if you can switch modems (I'm pretty sure the rentals are
the same and ethernet modems work in both Windows and Linux)