ADSL

[Jayant Murthy]

I have an offer to get an ADSL connection through a USB modem. The
price seems to be comparable to my current dialup connection but of
course I need an ADSL modem and the ISP is Windows based. What is a
good USB ADSL modem? How about the Dlink DSL-302G? At worst it would
seem that I could connect to its ethernet port.

Thanks,
Jayant

[Rod Smith]

Post by Jayant Murthy
I have an offer to get an ADSL connection through a USB modem. The
price seems to be comparable to my current dialup connection but of
course I need an ADSL modem and the ISP is Windows based. What is a
good USB ADSL modem? How about the Dlink DSL-302G? At worst it would
seem that I could connect to its ethernet port.

The last I checked, most DSL providers don't care what specific modem
you've got, or even what method it uses to connect to the computer
(Ethernet, USB, or internal PCI card). The modem must be compatible with
the provider's signal, though; you can't use an SDSL modem on an ADSL
connection, for instance, and even within ADSL there's some variability.
If the provider is advertising a "USB ADSL modem," that probably means
they provide one with the service. If so, look for OS/2 compatibility for
that specific model. If it won't work with OS/2, I'd suggest you get a
modem that uses Ethernet; chances are that will be much simpler to
configure and use under OS/2, and you won't have to worry about the
modem's OS/2 compatibility. (You will need to buy a compatible Ethernet
adapter, but that's trivial.) Ask the provider for recommendations about
specific models, or ask on comp.dcom.xdsl (give the provider's name and
your approximate location).