Usb Adsl

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I've orderd a new 80gig hdd today, and when it arrives it will be for my linux o.s

What i need frmo you guys is someone to help me get me adsl (usb) modem working on it, :-)

I've read a few pages on it and there was alot of un needed info on there that made it confusing for the newbie i am,

If someone has installed/configured there system to work with the usb adsl modem could be so kind as to write me down a mini step-by-step walkthrough, keeping it as simple as can be

I would really appreciate anyone who tries to tackle this problem with me,

Thanks alot guys,
James

[DrZaius]

Hi James,

What is the brand and model of the modem?

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Its one of those Alcatel SpeedTouch ones,

http://www.adslguide.org/images/speedtouch1_adslg.jpg

For a bit of a peak at the ugly thing :-)

Thanks alot,
James

[DrZaius]

Hi James,

We'll, there is an ongoing Linux driver project for that modem at this site.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/speedtouch

But I've never dealt with USB modems in Linux so I don't know much about the installation proccess. There is also this page with a bit more info.

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DSL-HOWTO/speedtouchusb.html

Hopefully someone with more Linux experience can help out as well.

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Thanks loads for the links, they look good,

(alot of txt :-)) )

Regards,
James

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I've choosen mandrake as the flavour im going to use,
I was taking a look on

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/82hard.php

And it says:

Internet wizard that supports classic modems, DSL, ISDN, cable connections and USB modems (not Winmodem).

Is this meaning that after irun the install teres a nice wizzard waiting for me to set me up with my USB ADSL??

And im taking it the USB ADSL modem i have is a hardware modem, i fiureded as much but it doesn hurt to double check

Thanks again,
James

[DrZaius]

Well, I don't think USB modems are catergorized as "hard" and "soft" like regular modems, but the Mandrake install should have some USB drivers that should work (according to that first link I posted).