thunderhorse Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 [Quote]Prerequisites.To obtain the Service, the Customer must have: an independent FranceTelecom analog line, a touchtone telephone, a modem supplied byTeleconnect, a PC computer using Windows 98 SE, Millenium, 2000 or XP (apparently Linux OK) with at least 128M of active memory ; an Ethernet connection; and, optionally, an active USB port and a wi-fi adapter key or integrated wi-fi.If these prerequisites are not met, quality of Service cannot beassured and Customer may not be technically supported by Teleconnect.[/Quote]Teleconnectcan offer me a good ADSL deal. My current Wanadoo Livebox works fineunder Mepis 6.0 (Linux) (ethernet connection). Do I have to have this wi-fiadapter key? What is it? I have a Dell Dimension 3000, plenty of USBports, but no experience with wi-fi.Many thanks for help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I think it's just a bit of bad wording. What they mean is that the PC/laptop can optionally have a wi-fi receiver either built in or an external one plugged into a USB port or presumably PCIMCA card. You don't have to use wi-fi, you can use your normal ethernet cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderhorse Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 Many thanks. They supply a wi-fi modem, so that means it can be used as wi-fi OR ethernet?Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 If by ethernet you mean an actual physical cable between the router and the PC then yes, just about all wireless routers have an additional socket to do just this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob T Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 You might have a problem with Linux and WiFi though. Most distributions of Linux anre not very good with WiFi or any USB bits. I use the ethernet cable with Linux due to this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderhorse Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 Thanks, peeps. As long as it's got an ethernet socket, then I understand it should be OK. I know some Linux distros have trouble with USB modems. But the Livebox works fine via ethernet. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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