Freeserve ADSL Modem

[MMA]

I have just bought the freeserve ADSL modem and connected on the internet. The ADSL Modem is a USB modem. How do i make work on REDHAT 7.3. REDHAT has found my ADSL modem. But not as a modem. It found my USB bus and i really can't get the modem to work. Can anyone help. The modem has a shape of a Stingray. It is called Speed touch USB. :)

[carlywarly]

Mandrake 8.1 will automatically set it up for you. If you intend to keep to Red Hat, take a look at THIS (http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/howto.html)

[MMA]

I went there but, i don't really understand it. Is there an RPM or something or a source.

[[Mystik_Cool]]

WOW ! You asked the ONLY question I can answer :D

First of all, try this howto (http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/howto.html).

If you have any problem, ask here or e-mail me in private. I had soooooooooooo much problems with my this fu**ing Speedtouch USB that I think I can answer to ALL your questions, whatever your problem could be. :)

Also, don't forget to make a research on this forum : I posted and answered some posts about that before !

Good luck !

PS: I don't want to discourage you. I had a lot of problems, but not only due to the SpeedTouch modem. You can get it working in... 1 hour :D
First of all, be sure you have a recent kernel (more than 2.4.2 I think), and recent versions of all the things listed in the howto. And follow the howto to the letter, read everything twice in this howto, and all the links in the howto. All the problems (and solutions) are listed there.

[MMA]

THNX [Mystik_Cool] .
I was wondering if anyone know how to install the driver without actually compilling my kernel. and also my kernel is 2.4.18-3 and that website up there ^ is too out of date. they talk about kernel 2.4.2 or something. if anyone has a better Howto somewhere please help. and [Mystik_Cool] if you don't mind could you please type up a small howto for installing the driver and giving all the appropraite links for the appropriate downloads for my 2.4.18-3 kernel.
THNX :)

[mdwatts]

Try these speedtouch links from freshmeat.net (http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=speedtouch&section=projects)

The third one looks promising as the drivers are dated May 31, 2002 and should work with the 2.4.18 kernel.

[[Mystik_Cool]]

Maybe it will seem you out of date, but everything in this howto is correct, and if you follow it you will get your modem working. But that's true, you have to recompile.

I REALLY don't have the time to edit a howto for the moment, and I don't think that's really necessary.

If you want, write to the author of the howto. He is really friendly and always there to help you. And I think his work consists in working on this modem so, he will certainly help you better than me !

[MMA]

I have noticed one thing in WinXP, my Speed Touch USB modem is recognised as being ISDN modem. I if i go into Redhat will it recognise it as an ISDN modem?
Does this info help at all? :)

[nonidentity]

Hi there,
the ADSL works with RH 7.3 no problem. You have to download from Lacatel the obj code and place it in the correct sub-dir as described. Reboot and no problem.It worked OK for me. By the way you need the config setups from Freeserve as it is quite location specific.
;)

[MMA]

nonidentity where do i copy the obj code to, and which tutorial are you talking about? :)

[carlywarly]

You need the code as a file mgmt.o - it is contained in Alcatel's own driver download. Copy it to /usr/share/speedtouch

Hope that helps.

[MMA]

carlywarly, thats i think is only for mandrake, and not for redhat. THNX anyway :)

[carlywarly]

Just did a search - does this help?
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/BTI-PPP

Looks useful.

Edit - also this?
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/rhcontrib/7.2/i386/speedtouch-20010914-11.i386.html

It's an RPM for the speedtouch from 7.2, also has installation instructions.

[ 23 June 2002: Message edited by: carlywarly ]

[[Mystik_Cool]]

the ADSL works with RH 7.3 no problem.

The ADSL works with a lot of linux distros. The problems come when it's an USB modem... With an ethernet one, nothing simplier... :)

[LinuxSC]

Have had loads of trouble with it to and would like to try and get it to work with suse 8.0, did install it all as it says on there website but with no luck is there something there not saying???
http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/configSpeedTouch.html

heres the error message i get:

Starting connection. (2002-06-14 15:01:09 GMT)
pppd: Plugin pppoatm.so loaded.
pppd: PPPoATM plugin_init
pppd: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded.
pppd: PPPoATM setdevname - remove unwanted options
pppd: PPPoATM setdevname_pppoatm - SUCCESS:0.38
pppd: connect(0.38): No such device
pppd died: Fatal pppd error (exit code 1)

[ 23 June 2002: Message edited by: LinuxSC ]

[nonidentity]

if I recall correctly I followed the instructions as per this reference:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/speedtouch/speedtouch/doc-linux/howto/SpeedTouch-HOWTO-en.html?rev=1.3

it is quite complicated as an installation but it did work fine.

Recently I installed a seperate firewall on my network and I am on a green network and my ADSL is defined as the RED network. So in effect I use two PCs, one is my firewall and one I work on. Actually I have several PCs on my green network and the all can see the internet.

Ths config offloads all security onto the firewall and I must say it works graeat!!

Maybe you have an old PC lying around it doesn't need much to work.

[LinuxSC]

just the 1 computer im afraid... Still downloading mandrake 8.1 on 56k so till thats downloaded goona try and get these dam drivers to work with suse

[MMA]

I really appreciate that so many people replied to this question. I would like to ask one more: What is DNS Address. When i went to the link given above to rpmfind.net it says that. Is it the Client IP addres or server IP address, if it is i can get it from WinXP easily. THNX


ps: i never got any posts that had a folder on fire before, so THNX :D

[carlywarly]

DNS stands for domain name server. It looks up ip addresses and turns them into urls (I think). Your ISP should have at least 2. Contact your ISP, they will provide you with their DNS numbers.

[MMA]

I was wondering, why can't i just download the Source from the Alcatel website and then install them from there. And why can't Alcatel provide the proper driver as an RPM, DEB, or a Tarred source which you can use to install? :mad: