On Monday 07 February 2005 07:38 am, mikael persson wrote:
Hi list, I am completly new to the world of linux and quite overwhelmed with all manner of configuration this little beatuy requires. I consider myself a total novice and know hardly anything, but will try and learn as much as I can. Now off to my first question, I am trying to configure my USB ADSL modem to work with suse 9.2. But am having no luck. I specified everything I could during the install of suse. All switches and options seemed to be there but that didn't help much.
The manual states that suse only deals with PPPoE but yast has the option to specify PPPoA (that my provider and modem require). Which one should I believe?
I have tried to look around in as many option boxes as possible but haven't found any solution to this problem. Is there anyone out there who could lend me some help in regards to what direction I should persue?
The ADSL modem in question is a speedtouch 330, connected via USB.
I am very grateful for any help you can throw my way.
cheers, Mikael ==========
Mikael, The quick answer, simple answer: connect the modem via ethernet not USB! You'll find things work so much better. Very few broadband modems now come with only one interface, so unless your hardware just doesn't have an ethernet port, unlikely, save yourself some time and frustration. I'm sure there are other mails concerning this in the archives, but most, I think you'll find, just switched to ethernet and had no more problems. Here is the searchable mail list archives url: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=suse-linux-e&r=1&w=2 regards, Lee -- --- KMail v1.7.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v9.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." ...Mark Twain