Re: Driver for DSL Modem

["Jonathan D. Proulx" <jon@ai.mit.edu>]

On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 03:29:12PM -0500, Bob Hilliard wrote:
:     My local telephone company (BellSouth)is offering an attractive
:deal on DSL service.  They will supply a "3COM HOMECONNECT ADSL MODEM
:PCI" (I think it is model 3CP3617), but they only support Windoze
:("support" means they supply a driver).

If you can get them to supply an external modem, all is well.

I don't *think* thare's any drivers for internal PCI stuff, it's
possible (but unlikely) that the "modem" uses a supported ethernet
chip and then does pppoe stuff on board, but I wouldn't count on it.

-Jon