briefly to chat with the folks at MultiTech, who showed me their MA100-1M palm-sized RAS. It won't win any points for sexy styling, but will be handy for both RAS and networked modem applications. They also had me check out their Fax Finder V.34 fax server...

brings you to the main screen shown below. A key improvement is the organization of the WAN Connection Type into separate screens for DHCP, Static IP, PPPoE, SingTel RAS (special for SingTel), and PPTP (for some European BSPs). When you select the WAN Connection...

need to decide. With Wizard, or without, the SX supports pretty much every authentication method you'll find, including the more obscure SingTel RAS (special for SingTel), PPTP (for some European BSPs), and HBS (HeartBeat Signal - used by some Austrailian BSPs)....

feature and little to nothing of the "Why", "How" and "When". At any rate, I think most common WAN configurations are handled but I couldn't find options to enter domain or host names and I suspect SingTel RAS and BigPond authentication isn't supported. In...

off each time the display is turned off, which defaults to 3 minutes. Launching a network-savvy application automatically popped up a box asking whether the card should be turned on, but only allowed you to select a network service, i.e. WiFi, Windows RAS,...