I have not yet been able to get ot to work with Suse as there don;t seem to be any Linux drivers (as usual).

Yes there are

Have any of you got it to work ? it does not get picked upi when I boot into Linux.

Course not (see below)

The modem version I have is for United Kingdom only, and my ISP is PIPEX.

My DSL link is going live today c/o Pipex too, so all I tell you is strictly in the realms of "I've not tried this yet..." Alcatel support Linux, kind of, point your fave browser at www.speedtouchdsl.com - you can get drivers there. I'm going to be using Smoothwall as a gateway, it supports the Speedtouch Frog out-of-the-box (provided you supply it with Alcatel's binary firmware)... -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 7.x) This email was created and sent with Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 NEW: Advogato diary at www.advogato.org/person/riggwelter *********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY. This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Pinnacle Insurance Plc. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify our Helpdesk on +44 (0) 20 8207 9555. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************

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I have just had ADSL installed on my phone line, with a Alcatel Speedtouch USB modem.

I have not yet been able to get ot to work with Suse as there don;t seem to be any Linux drivers (as usual).

Oh yes there are.... http://speedtouch.sourceforge.net

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Have any of you got it to work ?

Yes. Took less than an hour on SuSE 7.2 with the how-to and drivers from above URL.

I looked at that lot on behalf of a friend. It made seriously horrible reading - I'm suprised you got it together so quickly. Fortunately - or unfortunately depending on your viewpoint - the driver doesn't work on SMP machines, and as that's all he has, I didn't actually have to bother. He uses it from Windows, which would worry me if it was mine, but it ain't, so it don't. ;o) -- 3:09pm up 34 days, 23:34, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.05, 0.01

Grové Erasmus wrote:

I have just had ADSL installed on my phone line, with a Alcatel Speedtouch USB modem.

I have not yet been able to get ot to work with Suse as there don;t seem to be any Linux drivers (as usual). Have any of you got it to work ? it does not get picked upi when I boot into Linux.

The modem version I have is for United Kingdom only, and my ISP is PIPEX.

Cheers friends :-))

Grové Erasmus

I have ADSL (also PIPEX) working with 7.3. I followed the instructions at http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/speedtouch/index.en.php3 I also found a script to go in /etc/init.d that will make a connection at boot time. I'll post it in full as I can't find the link. You will just need to add the appropriate links in the runlevel directories. For your info I've never had a moments bother with this setup. works great. regards Steve #!/bin/sh # # System startup script for the ADSL driver by Benoit PAPILLAULT # -------------------------------------------------------------- # Author: Nicolas Michon # Version 0.2 # # # Assume the alcatel firmware is /usr/local/lib/mgmt.o and the # Benoit's driver in /usr/local/bin (change ADSL_BIN in other # case). Your connection must work manually before, of course. # # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: adsl # Required-Start: $remote_fs usbmgr # Required-Stop: $remote_fs # Default-Start: 3 5 # Default-Stop: # Description: Starts and stops an ADSL connection ### END INIT INFO # Source SuSE config . /etc/rc.config # Determine the base and follow a runlevel link name. base=${0##*/} link=${base#*[SK][0-9][0-9]} # Force execution if not called by a runlevel directory. test $link = $base && START_ADSL=yes test "$START_ADSL" = yes || exit 0 ADSL_BIN=/usr/local/bin/modem_run test -x $ADSL_BIN || exit 5 # Shell functions sourced from /etc/rc.status: . /etc/rc.status # First reset status of this service rc_reset case "$1" in start) echo "Starting ADSL connection" sleep 2 $ADSL_BIN -f /usr/local/bin/mgmt.o -m start_daemon /usr/sbin/pppd call adsl rc_status -v ;; stop) echo -n "Shutting down ADSL connection" killproc -INT /usr/sbin/pppd killproc -INT $ADSL_BIN rc_status -v ;; try-restart) $0 stop && $0 start rc_status ;; restart) $0 stop $0 start rc_status ;; try-restart) echo -n "Reload service ADSL connection" $0 stop && $0 start rc_status ;; reload) exit 3 ;; status) echo -n "Checking for ADSL connection : " checkproc $ADSL_BIN; rc=$? if test $rc = 0 then echo "OK" else echo "No process" fi exit 3 ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|try-restart|restart|force-reload|reload}" exit 1 ;; esac #end

On Tuesday 09 April 2002 14:13, Derek Fountain wrote: Hi,

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Oh yes there are.... http://speedtouch.sourceforge.net

Yes. Took less than an hour on SuSE 7.2 with the how-to and drivers from above URL.

I looked at that lot on behalf of a friend. It made seriously horrible reading - I'm suprised you got it together so quickly.

Well in 7.2+ 2/3rds of the how-to is already done, so no patching and recompiling of the kernel is needed. It was litually just installing the driver and making a few minor changes in a couple of scripts.

Fortunately - or unfortunately depending on your viewpoint - the driver doesn't work on SMP machines, and as that's all he has,

Thats a USB issue AFAIK, USB does not 'wok right' with Windows either. USB2 was meant to address that, but has introduced a number of security issues.

I didn't actually have to bother. He uses it from Windows, which would worry me if it was mine, but it ain't, so it don't. ;o)

I had it running under Windows for the best part of a year, and I averaged 3-4 days uptime, under Linux I am managing about 25-30 days. It also seams faster, but I am not sure what utility I should use for measuring my connection speed. Phil -- Linux 2.4.4-4GB 10:59pm up 9:24, 1 user, load average: 0.33, 0.26, 0.11

On Tuesday 09 April 2002 20:50, gerry gavigan wrote: Hi,

I've found this thread quite helpful as I am about to build a linux workstation with suse 8.0 for a friend and her family. Just one box with multiple users. No server or network running.

All seemed straight forward until she asked if they could have ADSL.

If someone could point me to some really simple answers I'd be grateful.

I would post you questions here. The ADSL bit is the easy bit, it will be the mail configuration stuff that i sthe hardest to configure.

The family will all want their own e-mail accounts. If I had the skill no doubt I'd just configure a MDA (is this seriously difficult?) However I understand that an ISP with several POP boxes provides an easy alternative.

The ISP pop3 mail accounts would be the easiest, as these can be configured in KMail or whatever. Most good ISP's offer SMTP email, but that would involve setting up sendmail etc.

I believe the modem needs setting up in some way - is this difficult when you only have Linux - does Alcatel provide anything to help?

speedtouch.sourceforge.net

Speed and bandwidth apart does ADSL operate in a different way from dial up? For example, do you still need to click on the little connector in the toolbar and then on the in tray in Kmail?

Sort of, normally you connect when you boot up, and stay up!

Sorry for the newbie questions - but if there are guides or if someone has the patience I'd be grateful

Give it a go, and post here when you hit a brick wall, thats my approach. -- Linux 2.4.4-4GB 11:18pm up 9:43, 1 user, load average: 0.28, 0.22, 0.13

On Wednesday 10 April 2002 07:48, Derek Fountain wrote: Hi,

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Well in 7.2+ 2/3rds of the how-to is already done, so no patching and recompiling of the kernel is needed.

Fair point. I was working on a 7.1 system, and I wasn't sure which bits were already done for me by SuSE.

I gave up trying in 7.1, and stuck to having it on my Windows box. I have my fingers crossed that it might be supported 'out of the box' in SuSE 8 <g>

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I had it running under Windows for the best part of a year, and I averaged 3-4 days uptime, under Linux I am managing about 25-30 days. It also seams faster, but I am not sure what utility I should use for measuring my connection speed.

Only 3-4 weeks under Linux? That's pretty poor actually! Do you have any reason to believe that this unreliability is being caused by the modem driver?

No, it is at the ISP's end, and any one who knows BT will know that 3-4 weeks is excellent <g>. My re-dial script only takes a few seconds to reconnect, and I have a static IP address, so it is not really that much of an issue.

The real reason my friend wanted a Linux machine doing the connection work was for security. I told him to take an old P166 machine he has and put it between his Windows gateway (with the modem) and his internal network. The Windows box will still be vunerable, but having a Linux firewall in there will at least protect his network's data...

This is basically what I have set up. I have a P166/32Mb RAN running the ADSL modem and SuSEFirewall2, I have another SuSE box doing DNS and 'email duties', and all the 'client' machines are Windows boxes (Wife and Kids), works like a dream. Phil -- Linux 2.4.4-4GB 9:28am up 19:53, 1 user, load average: 0.48, 0.20, 0.06

On Saturday 20 April 2002 01:26, Thomas Beauchamp wrote:

Hi!

I've scratched my 7.3 Installation Disk 1. Where from can I download a full copy of it? I tried www.suse.de and www.suse.com but I'm not sure in the FTP download area what/where to select. TIA

Thomas