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Badfrog66
03-26-2001, 11:13 AM
Hi guys,
Making progress on my little project of trying to get my Alcatel USB DSL modem from BellSloth working on my linux box. I now have a 2.4.2 kernel, drivers from Alcatel, "hotswap" software, and the latest version of Raging Penguin PPPoE.

I have all this stuff compiled and installed, I can see a file created in /proc/bus/usb/devices when I plug the modem in and I see an entry for the Alcatel drivers in one of the hotswap config files.

Problem is, I have no idea what to use for an ethernet device. This machine has no NIC, I'd kinda assumed an interface would be created when I got all the above set up, but I guess that was a foolish assumption on my part.

I can't count on any help from BellSloth (Linux? What's that? Oh you want an ethernet modem? $150 please. :mad: ) and I'm at a loss as to what I need to do next. Can anyone help me out? Anyone done anything similar to this before??
guitarlyn
03-27-2001, 01:06 AM
I can see a file created in /proc/bus/usb/devices when I plug the modem in and I see an entry for the Alcatel drivers in one of the hotswap config files.

Problem is, I have no idea what to use for an ethernet device. This machine has no NIC, I'd kinda assumed an interface would be created when I got all the above set up, but I guess that was a foolish assumption on my part.



You should have an entry for it somewhere in
/dev/usb (to this effect, not literally). Use
this, not an ethernet interface. How this is
or will be supported by rp may be another
matter. The USB support for ADSL modems is
only supposed to come out this month.

Hope this helps,
~Guitarlynn
gizmo
03-27-2001, 11:25 PM
I am a Linux newbie but loving it mor every day. I have grown quite used to windows, so I know how to troublshoot errors. but do not know how to compile and install drivers for linux. the instructions for alcatel's drivers wern't too friendly.

It seems that you have more knowledge in this field than I do. Any help would nice. Send me the compiled drivers and you have found a friend forever. :confused:
Badfrog66
03-28-2001, 09:16 PM
hmm

There are like 56 files in /dev/usb... which do I use?