3.0 and alcatel speed touch

[Nick Humphrey <nick@jampony.net>]

Dear all,

I am considering upgrading my existing UK Demon Internet dial-up account
to ADSL. I plan to use my OpenBSD 3.0 box as a NATting firewall to
protect my two main workstations. (3.0 has been fully patched to include
all latest fixes). I have checked with Demon and they provide an Alcatel
Speed Touch USB as part of the package. I've downloaded the speed touch
drivers for OpenBSD, read through all the docs and FAQ, and checked the
OpenBSD mailing list archives for reference. (I haven't yet installed
the drivers).

I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there are common pitfalls,
(not mentioned in the material I have already read), if any, that I
should be aware of. Has anyone else had experience with implementing
this type of configuration with Demon Internet and what were the
results? (I have chosen this ISP because they offer static IP and
unrestricted traffic as standard).

Any thoughts/comments very much appreciated.
TIA

Nick
nick@towenaar.com

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