I am a Linux newbie and I'm trying to get my Alcatel Speedtouch USB ADSL modem up and running on FC3.
I have spent a fair bit of time searching the net and the best general overview I could find was a HOWTO (http://www.linuxforum.com/linux-dsl/speedtouchusb.html) which stated: "There are two separate driver projects for this modem. The installation and configuration are completely different, as is the code base. Both are open source and GPL. One is a kernel module solution, originally developed by Alcatel, and now maintained by Johan Verrept. His HOWTO is located at http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/howto.html. I think most would agree that the installation of this driver is the more complex of the two, and more than likely will require some patching (unless your distro has already done this). But, it may have some slight performance benefits since it runs mostly in kernel space. This driver can potentially support both PPPoE and PPPoA connections." "The other driver is by Benoit Papillault and friends. This one has a less complicated installation, and can be done with no patching. All the important parts here are done in user space. For inexperienced users, or just plain ease of use, this may well be the most painless way to go. The home page is http://sourceforge.net/projects/speedtouch and related docs are http://speedtouch.sourceforge.net/docs.php. This driver can also work with 2.2 kernels (2.2.17 or later). PPPoE is not an option with this driver at this time. This driver also does not use the management utility that is part of the Alcatel supplied binary package. It extracts the modem firmware, and then does its own "management", so less dependent on proprietary code. Mandrake is reportedly including an RPM of this driver now." However, the documents that this HOWTO links to seem to have been written a fair while back and, being a newbie, I'm not sure what might have changed. For instance, whilst doing some further investigation I found a forum post that stated that the SpeedTouch USB driver is now built into the standard kernel. But I've no idea which driver this referred to, or what steps this means I could now happily miss out. So now I'm not at all sure which driver/solution I should be using, or what steps in the linked documents are still relevant to me. I then stumbled across this Fedora Bug report: <a href="http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=26576";>Bug 131554 - Our DSL support sucks</a>. This is the most up-to-date info I've managed to find regarding how to set up a Speedtouch USB modem with FC (and the only info I've seen relating to FC3), which makes me think that the solution it details is probably the best(???). Unfortunately, I'm still in way over my head and don't really understand it fully, and would therefore be extremely grateful if anyone could help fill in the blanks and explain in layman's terms how to get my Speedtouch USB up and running on FC3... Thanks in advance, Lawrie. _________________________________________________________________ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
