Can you post /proc/bus/usb/devices? THe bridge would be in the device, not
on the computer. Is tehre a web configuration for the device that you
should set it up on?

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, James Buchanan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a Netgear DM602 Ethernet/USB modem/router.  I can use it with my
> ethernet card as a router or with USB as a modem, in which case my ISP
> asks that it must run in "bridged" mode, which I understand to be modem
> mode, not router mode.  This is apparently where the modem simply passes
> on whatever it gets, either way, without interfering.  Not sure really.
>
> The ACM driver on kernel 2.4.22 doesn't register itself with this
> device, even though lsusb reveals two USB devices or whatevers, with
> type 'comm.' and type 'data' leading me to believe it could work with
> that driver.  Apparently if it had a proprietary interface it would show
> up as type=ff(vend.).
>
> If bridged mode is what I think it is, then I should be able to write a
> simple USB driver that is like a pass-thru device, not doing anything
> other than making the data transfer happen between pppoe/whatever and
> the device via the USB stack.  I am sure I can manage that much.
>
> The driver that claims this device on kernel 2.4.22 is hub.  Is this
> wrong?  Can I simply issue the command as given in the USB guide:
>
> mknod /dev/usb/ttyACM0 c 166 0
>
> My DM602 is showing up on /proc/bus/usb/01/02.  I have no idea what this
> means.  I think it means that it's on the first USB port.  Not sure what
> the '02' is for.  There is only one USB port and one device that
> attaches to it.  (I wonder what the comm. and data devices are?  Are
> they separate chips inside the DM602?)
>
> Actually, I am using Slackware 9.1 on the IBM Thinkpad iSeries laptop,
> and I'd like to get rid of the 2.4.22 kernel and compile and use a 2.6.6
> kernel instead.  But the last time I tried to do it with kernel 2.6.0
> the system was thoroughly FUBAR. :-/  Not sure if I am supposed to
> compile and install a 2.6.x kernel on a system which uses a 2.4.x
> kernel.
>
> Thanks!
> James
>
>
>
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