Timothy Murphy wrote: > m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: <snip> >>> Now I have to work out how to install Windows on the machine, >>> but I daren't ask about that here ... >>> I need it because my ISP claims to have tripled the speed >>> of my supply, but says I have to run a Windows CD >>> to setup the modem he has given me. >> >> ?? What kind of modem? Linux handles almost everything. Certainly, I >> didn't need to install WinDoze to work with the DSL modem I got from >> Verizon. > > The modem is a ZyXEL P-660HW-T1 WiFi modem/router (made in China). > It works fine, but my speed is not 3 times what it was before! > My ISP (Eircom) claims I have to run the configuration utility > on the Windows CD to get "up to speed". > I doubt if this is true, but I guess I ought to try it. It is *not* true. The only thing that I can imagine that software doing is setting it up for Windows, and Windows only. Right, I just looked it up, and I see it's an ADSL modem. Look at your IP address, and I'll bet you're 192.168.0.x, or 192.168.1.x. Whatever it is, try pinging 192.168.[0 or 1].1. Whichever it is, pull up your browser, and point it to that IP, and you should be at the modem's web interface, and you can go from there. mark