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On Wednesday 15 January 2003 21:05, Chris R wrote:
Is anyone successfully used a Broadband connection with the standard (supplied) hardware kit and SuSE 8.0+?
If, by the standard hardware kit. you mean the Alcatel Speedtouch USB modem that most ISP's provide for Broadband access, then - yes - I'm using one now with SuSE 8.1 (and it worked with 8.0, too). It's pretty easy to set up and works like a dream. The main trick is *not* to read any generalised HOW-TO's on the topic. These will just confuse you. SuSE have already pretty well set up everything for you out of the box. My only annoyance has been that one day, after about 6 months of perfect operation, the modem failed (hardware fault). I actually had to install Windows for the first time ever on my PC just to get Freeserve to agree to send a BT guy round to the house to test it. No Windows, no support. Anyway, the BT engineer came round and pronounced the modem dead and a replacement was sent at no extra cost to me. Of course, the moment it arrived I reformattted my hard drive and re-installed SuSE. No problems since. Broadband is great and well worth the money - and you should have no trouble getting it to work with SuSE 8.0+ Best wishes - Ken