Dear Jeff, Whilst I have so far been unable to make an internet connection via Mandrake 10.1 (also a dual on an XP Pro System) using the purple modem I can assure you that the critter continues to work perfectly well on XP.
Incidently if anyone happened to catch my earlier post regarding my timeout problem any help would be appreciated! Regards, Peter >-- Original Message -- >Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 21:04:10 +0100 >From: Jeff Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [speedtouch] Why does firmware need to change? >Reply-To: [email protected] > > >I just installed Ubuntu Hoary Hedgehog on a dual-boot system with >Windows XP. The instructions for getting my Speedtouch 330 to work on >Ubuntu (jeez! how complicated is this?) say that a firmware update is >needed. Before I do this, I need reassurance that this will not change >the way my modem works with XP. I'm a bit surprised this question hasn't > >been asked before (or if it has, I couldn't find it!). I'm also >wondering why changes are needed to the modem firmware to make it work >with Linux. > >Many thanks, >Jeff. > > > >Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB >Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___________________________________________________________ Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005. Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/ Bargain holidays - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/holidays/ Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
