moRe: [Scottish] Broadband Question...

[babaguy]

 









Hi Kyle ! (and all...)As I say in the first post, the modem which is on this 
(XP) machine is a BT Voyager ADSL modem - the other modem I just picked up 
thanks to FREESHARE! is a THOMSON "Speed Touch 330" which is the one I'll try 
to make work with the linux box.........And the problem is still - where do I 
go in Ubuntu to configure a modem? I can't see either "modem," "ADSL," "Network 
connections..."How do I get the Linux machine to recognise BT and log onto its 
server? What function should I be using to set up and configure a connection to 
the internet, to get Ubuntu to recognise the modem? ?

I can't find any pages about this in Firefox or Gnome..................(nor do 
I see the initials "RTFM" (and what do they mean, anyway?) I would have thought 
that "RTFM" would be a topic or a term in the glossary, but so far I can't find 
it in UBUNTU.........)

Hope you can help.......!

- Paul B. 

--- On Sat 01/13, Kyle Gordon < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:

From: Kyle Gordon [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sat, 13 Jan 
2007 19:37:17 +0000Subject: Re: [Scottish] Broadband Question...You certainly 
don't need to get cable. I don't know who gave you thatidea. If Ubuntu detects 
your DSL modem (ADSL is the same as DSL for thepurposes of your case), then 
that's all good. You still don't say whatmodel of ADSL modem you have, so we're 
back at square one.Kylebabaguy wrote:> Hi Kyle ! Thanks for the tip - Ubuntu 
detected that there *is* an ethernet device/ability or something on 
this(lovely) old heap - My sweetheart seems to think we need to get "DSL" as 
opposed to "ADSL" - does this sound right to you? >> e.g. - do we need to 
get *cable* ?!!!! I think not, but I'm not techy-speccy enough to be able to 
confidently rebut or reboot her......>> Hope you can help some more.... - 
Paul B. >> >> >> --- On Fri 01/12, Kyle Gordon < 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 
wrote:From: Kyle Gordon [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Fri, 12 
Jan 2007 15:41:54 +0000Subject: Re: [Scottish] Broadband Question...What model 
of Voyager modem is it? It's best not to use USB, and use Ethernet instead. 
That way you can use a bog standard network card, about 99% of which are 
guaranteed to work in any form of operating system. If you use a network card, 
Linux will support it without the need for any crazy drivers from BT or its 3rd 
party, 4th partner, 2nd outsourced software/hardware makers in India that 
happened to get cheapest bid of the day in for BT kit...Kylebabaguy 
wrote:> Hi SLUGgers! WOW ! >> Okay - so, I've managed 
(well, my SWEETHEART managed) to make a functioning computer out of a bunch of 
old stuff, I got a monitor off FREESHARE, I've installed UBUNTU 5.10 - the one 
they are currently giving away in the smart, inviting packaging > (picked it 
up from PC Medic in Paisley - nice shop btw) 
- >> - and it seems to WORK ! ! ! >> Perseverance 
pays off ! (some of you may recall my first attempts w/Linux about 3 years ago 
- the Suse "Home edition" (NOTHING worked - except Chess at ONE level only!) - 
and then an earlier edition of Ubuntu...grrrrrrr.....>> - but no 
more, I sense! >> Okay! Here's my question. We have BT Total 
Broadband - >> (but I DON'T have the new TOTAL Broadband router - 
I have a BT VOYAGER ADSL modem - which I also got on FREESHARE. Works 
good!)>> There is a CD which has the modem driver for Windows XP 
- it's what I'm using to access the internet on the other computer... (bless 
it). >> What do I need to do to make my UBUNTU computer recognise 
the ADSL modem and vice versa? >> Does BT do a CD for 
installation with Linux? >> Is there one of you SLUGgers who HAS 
the drivers that will work in Linux and recognise the BT VOYAGER 
ADSL modem? I > currently don't have a CD or DVD re-writer, only CD-ROM (on 
both the XP and the UBUNTU machines) so I don't think I'll be able to download 
and burn a version of the driver even if I were to find it on a Linux web 
driver repository.....>> I hope one of you will be able to help 
and advise me on this, as I'd REALLY like to be able to get online with the 
Ubuntu machine.....>> I REALLY like this new-ish Ubuntu, by the 
way - it's fun! (and it seems to WORK ! )>> Yours in hope, and 
with THANKS in advance,>> - Paul Birchard >> 



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