how to connect with ADSL USB modem?? programers help needed

[tembel]

I have red-hat 7.3 and my USB modem is- Askey Model- ALE 070.

I've already checked if there's a support for this particular modem\manufactor and I found none...

in Windows I connect using WAN and DIAL-UP

anyone has a sullution for me?
I've heard on someone who succeded in making a script that refer to the USB modem as if he was "Network" or something, I'm not sure.
anyway I'll be glad to hear your thoughts about that.

Thank you all in advance!

P.S
I've been sent here by mdwatts

[sgs521]

I've never heard of anyone connecting using a usb modem. But, I used to use a usb ethernet adapter when I ran redhat6, then they released usb support in 7 and it quit working.. But when using the modem, I'm not sure what drivers would be required for the modem, I had to use a pegasus driver for my adapter. But a good place to look for information would be http://www.linux-usb.org/

[tembel]

10x, but i already tried that site, there's no driver there for me...

[sgs521]

understandable.. you may not find a specific driver for your hardware... do you have a network card installed? My cable modem is usb compatible, but I just run it through my network card (3com 3c900-b), which is a fully supported card.

[tembel]

I dont have a network card (may be inside my USB modem), and i cant connect my USB modem into a network card...

I've read on that linux-USB site about a driver that might be good for me, and the name of it is "acm", but I just dont know how to change it...

Can I change it some how through KDE/GNOME?(if I can, how?)
if i can, what is the Console command?


10x for your answers...

[sgs521]

To change it? Not exactly sure of what you mean there.. you should unpack the driver files to a temporary directory, compile the driver by following the directions that should be included with it.. and insert the module of the driver, i.e.

insmod driverfile

then you need to probe that the driver responds

modprobe drivername

and if it will work for your hardware, then this should kick it into gear.. when i ran a usb nic though, i had to push usb-uhci and pegasus several times in a row.. it took a bit of playing around with it to make it work though.. and in the end i had to write a script that ran at every boot to bring the device online.. what i would really suggest is looking into purchasing a good internal nic though.. check your distributions compatible hardware list and find one that is listed.. i think most linksys cards are supported and they generally run from maybe 20 to 30 bucks brand new, small price to pay for an easier route.. but if you still want to use the usb modem, i'd suggest trying different available drivers for usb cable modems...

[tembel]

ther thing is that I got that USB modem for "free",
"free" chained me to my ISP for 6 months :(
so If I'll buy the Ethernet card and the Alcatel ADSL modem it will be as if I commited to that ISP with no reason :(

I can get supported Eth card for 12 bucks, but the modem will cost more 96.5 bucks... (USD ofcourse)

[t123b456]

It's clearly going to be a lot easier with an ethernet card and ethernet modem. Have you asked if the company can swap it for you? The one I went with for the free modem with service commit swapped one out for me when I picked the USB. Thought it would be easy to connect, it wasn't.

With a ethernet modem, it's a piece of cake.

tb

[monkeyboi]

most usb use this module
under root
try modprobe usb-uhci
after
modprobe yourethernetcarddriver