USB-ADSL Modem - Can't setup broadband internet - HELP
Hey,
I just got Knoppix, I'm a Linux newbie and I need help connecting to broadband internet through a USB connected ADSL modem, I've looked through help pages and I found one that might have helped but it said "To make the connection:
1. Make sure the Ethernet cable from the ADSL router is connected to the computer's Ethernet adapter."
and the problem is my computer has no Ethernet Adapter, and it doesn't use an Ethernet Cable, it uses a USB cable and is connected to the computer via USB.
Can someone help me A.S.A.P ? Can you tell me how to setup internet ?
Thanks,
ehzrar@yahoo.co.nz
Re: USB-ADSL Modem - Can't setup broadband internet - HELP
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Originally Posted by ehzrar
....and the problem is my computer has no Ethernet Adapter, and it doesn't use an Ethernet Cable, it uses a USB cable and is connected to the computer via USB.
Yes, you have accurately identified the problem. Some people have actually managed to get some usb dsl modems to sorta work under Knoppix, but the real problem is that you have that type of modem at all. My advice (not that anyone ever cares about my advice), 1 - demand a ethernet based modem and 2 - if the modem doesn't have a built-in router, buy an inexpensive DSL/cable (soho) router to connect to the modem and never connect to the internet without using the router.