On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:27:26 +0100, Stephen Puttick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have just installed sarge using CDs (jigdo download of 1st 3) on my > old win98 PC. I have 2 hard disks so Debian is on a separate disk - so > no real problems if I need to start again. > > I have an Alcatel speedtouch 330 USB (broadband/ADSL) modem, which works > on both the win98 PC and my win xp laptop. I'm not quite ready to > completely abandon windows yet, but the first step along that route > would be to start with a shared internet connection with the Debian > machine in charge. Ultimately I would like a proper home network, where > I could allow my daughter (currently 20 months) access to some internet > (such as CBeebies) and access to her own login without any danger of > wrecking anything else. > > 1) Do tell me if I've made any false assumptions so far > 2) I found the following site which talks about recompiling the kernel > > http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/docs/sargehowto.html > > http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/download/index.html > > this all sounded a bit more involved than i was planning as a newbie > installation. > > I have sarge installed with the 2.4 kernel. (jigdo template 19 Sept 2004) > 3)Am I right in thinking that a newer kernel might support the speedtouch. > 4) I haven't yet got an ethernet card - I thought I'd wait until I could > get a net connection up and running. Am I wrong? should I go and get > one now? > > So any advice on how to get this modem working would be greatly > appreciated - or should I abandon it for another model (it was provided > with the ADSL). >
The page you mention is quite old (on the end there's a date 2003/07/20) so, probably the information even if correct are probably outdated. There should be two ways to run your modem, the first using a kernel module, in your case should be using the "speedtch" module, the second running your modem with some userland tools, like usblib. I suggest you to install the package called "speedtouch" (it should be present in Sarge), it should have all the info to run your modem. I've only configured once a USB modem, a couple of years ago with a woody system (but it wasn't an Alcatel, something with a Globespan chipset) the "only" difficult part is where to find the correct firmware to upload on the modem. About the NIC, you can install it when you prefer. Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
