> >> I have severe problems in getting the purple speedtouch 330 to >> establish >> an internet connection on Fedora 11. >> After installation of Fedora, I copy the files speedtch-1.bin and >> speedtch-2.bin to /lib/firmware. >> After plugging in the modem, the /var/log/messages shows it >> synchronizes: >> >> ATM dev 0: ADSL line is up (6112 kb/s down | 832 kb/s up) > > Hi Ed, > > please note this is a bit OT here because your ADSL connection seems to > work. You simply can't get pppd to work with it. > > Anyway, the problem is probably in the pppd invocation. In one of my > nodes, > I have the following: > > /usr/sbin/pppd unit 0 user xxxxx remotename ppp0 linkname ppp0 > defaultroute > persist maxfail 0 holdoff 30 ipcp-accept-remote lcp-echo-interval 12 > lcp-echo-failure 5 plugin passwordfd.so passwordfd 3 connect true plugin > pppoatm.so vc-encaps 0.8.35 > > Pppoatm works fine there.
> > Please note pppd can't connect via an ADSL modem directly: it has to use > the > pppoatm plugin, which generally is brought by the pppd package itself. The > runstring with which pppd is invoked should show a 'plugin pppoatm.so > ENCAP > [ITF.]VPI.VCI' somewhere, otherwise you are not using the pppoatm > plugin... Hello Giampaolo, Thank you for the information. Since my file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 contains the line LINUX_PLUGIN=pppoatm.so, the problem is that the file is simply not invoked? It explains why the module pppoatm is never loaded automatically. Where does one invoke the line /usr/sbin/pppd unit 0 user xxxxx remotename ppp0 linkname ppp0 defaultroute persist maxfail 0 holdoff 30 ipcp-accept-remote lcp-echo-interval 12 lcp-echo-failure 5 plugin passwordfd.so passwordfd 3 connect true plugin pppoatm.so vc-encaps 0.8.35 ? > > Check that this is your case. > > >> >> ...omissis... >> >> Things are certainly more easy with OpenSuSE and Mandriva. > > Thank you for the information: I didn't know OpenSuSE and Mandriva did > support pppoatm. You mean via gui, right? > > Giampaolo > > OpenSuSE and Mandriva do not fully support the speedtouch 330. The problem is the firmware, which is not loaded automatically (though Mandriva Ppowerpack seems to see to this too). But once the ADSL line is up, the configuration via a gui is very straightforward under both OpenSuse and Mandriva. Now I must admit that this is my first try wth Fedora and the installation DVD seems to be a bit buggy. My experiences with Ubuntu are not all to pleasant too. In fact someone had to write explicitly an usbadslmodemmanager package to get things going there. Ed > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > Pour se désinscrire : > mailto:speedtouch-requ...@ml.free.fr?subject=unsubscribe > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:speedtouch-requ...@ml.free.fr?subject=unsubscribe
