Alcatel speedtouch USB, ADSL, SuSE 8.0 - progress report and help sought, please
ADSL, Speedtouch - where I have got to (has anyone thought about writing a SuSE HOWTO - I understand that originally ADSL with Alcatel was going to work "out of the box") kpackage'd the latest sourceforge release code in RPM, installed two useless shell scripts intended for a Mandrake distro into etc/init.d/rc5.d (alas, both get called before usb gets set up by SuSE, and they're a bit advanced for me) Also they appear to start before SuSE has set up the USB and refer to directories that don't exist on SuSE, I have been advised that these files should be placed in rc3.d (might anyone in SuSE think about fiddling round with these files, so they work?) but the RPM did contain modem_run (recalling that currently the modem isn't connected to anything but is recognised in Yast2) modem_run -m -f /path/to/mgmt.o gets the red light flashing indicating that the modem is downloading the firmware, but never seems to stop, i.e., bash prompt doesn't return any time soon, without cntl Z which "stops the script" even though the red light and green light are still active (so presumably, right now modem_run couldn't be run, e.g., in a script, even if it is working?) is there any advice available? setting DoD introduces the little plug (like dialup) in the taskbar so that's how one gets DoD, not by, e.g., firing up the browser is that right? finally, a general point, e.g., pipex gives one main e-mail address and 12 web based addresses - am I right in assumng that Kmail will only work with the "real" e-mail address, and that the others are work in the same way as, e.g., netscape mail? don't yet have the broadband connection, testing stuff on the way, perhaps it would all be easier to test idf I did, but I'm a bit nervous I'd be grateful for any advice anyone can give Gerry Gavigan ------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------
Ive got adsl working with my speedtouch usb, its fairly straightforward, once you actually see it working, its just the number of variables that can change that cause problems. I have a script I run which connects me, i've attached it to this email. If running this as root doesn't get you connected, mail me off-list and ill talk you through the steps. obviously you'll need to edit the script to point it at modem_run and mgmt.o. have you configured ppp for adsl yet? If not, that needs a couple of simple steps, the tricky bit is getting the modem itself up and running. Ewan On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 23:22, gerry gavigan wrote:
ADSL, Speedtouch - where I have got to
(has anyone thought about writing a SuSE HOWTO - I understand that originally ADSL with Alcatel was going to work "out of the box")
kpackage'd the latest sourceforge release code in RPM, installed two useless shell scripts intended for a Mandrake distro into etc/init.d/rc5.d (alas, both get called before usb gets set up by SuSE, and they're a bit advanced for me)
Also they appear to start before SuSE has set up the USB and refer to directories that don't exist on SuSE, I have been advised that these files should be placed in rc3.d
Le Lundi 20 Mai 2002 00:22, gerry gavigan a écrit : Same first question as ever : Yr provider's connection is : - PPOE - PPOA - RFC1384 Bridged - RFC1384 Routed ???????????????
he's in the uk, so the answer is easy, as adsl is a monopoly product in the uk, only provided by british telecom. its pppoa, and most people use the alcatel speedtouch usb with it. it does work, and its getting quite cheap. Ewan On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 23:44, usb wrote:
Le Lundi 20 Mai 2002 00:22, gerry gavigan a écrit : Same first question as ever : Yr provider's connection is : - PPOE - PPOA - RFC1384 Bridged - RFC1384 Routed
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Following much blood sweat and tears by a thicko (me) and some hand holding from Phil Shrimpton and Ewan Leith - I'm pleased to report that Speedtouch has indeed been set to work out of the box and the HOWTO is now sitting on the support database (been there since thursday apparently...) I'll let you know... On Sunday 19 May 2002 11:22 pm, gerry gavigan wrote:
ADSL, Speedtouch - where I have got to
(has anyone thought about writing a SuSE HOWTO - I understand that originally ADSL with Alcatel was going to work "out of the box")
kpackage'd the latest sourceforge release code in RPM, installed two useless shell scripts intended for a Mandrake distro into etc/init.d/rc5.d (alas, both get called before usb gets set up by SuSE, and they're a bit advanced for me)
Also they appear to start before SuSE has set up the USB and refer to directories that don't exist on SuSE, I have been advised that these files should be placed in rc3.d
(might anyone in SuSE think about fiddling round with these files, so they work?)
but the RPM did contain modem_run
(recalling that currently the modem isn't connected to anything but is recognised in Yast2)
modem_run -m -f /path/to/mgmt.o
gets the red light flashing indicating that the modem is downloading the firmware, but never seems to stop, i.e., bash prompt doesn't return any time soon, without cntl Z which "stops the script" even though the red light and green light are still active
(so presumably, right now modem_run couldn't be run, e.g., in a script, even if it is working?)
is there any advice available?
setting DoD introduces the little plug (like dialup) in the taskbar so that's how one gets DoD, not by, e.g., firing up the browser
is that right?
finally, a general point, e.g., pipex gives one main e-mail address and 12 web based addresses - am I right in assumng that Kmail will only work with the "real" e-mail address, and that the others are work in the same way as, e.g., netscape mail?
don't yet have the broadband connection, testing stuff on the way, perhaps it would all be easier to test idf I did, but I'm a bit nervous
I'd be grateful for any advice anyone can give
Gerry Gavigan ------------------------------------------------------
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gerry gavigan wrote:
finally, a general point, e.g., pipex gives one main e-mail address and 12 web based addresses - am I right in assumng that Kmail will only work with the "real" e-mail address, and that the others are work in the same way as, e.g., netscape mail?
Hi Gerry, Pipex provides 12 individual pop3 addresses, which can be accessed from any mail client as normal, or fetchmail can be used to download your emails from various addresses and deliver them locally to a single or to multiple local users. regards Steve
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