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Initial help, please: ADSL USB modem
Hello there....
I'm new to Knoppix/Linux and have loads of questions, but really i want to try to work things out for myself....
However, in order to do this it would be easier if i could get internet working under Linux...
I've done a HD install and most things work fine but I just cannot seem to get my BT Voyager USB ADSL modem recognised....
#usbview shows no connected devices
Where do I start?
PS Do I need to copy/download any source files to HD after doing the HD install in order to rebuild kernels etc?
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Re: Initial help, please: ADSL USB modem
Originally Posted by
Doc
Hello there....
I'm new to Knoppix/Linux and have loads of questions, but really i want to try to work things out for myself....
However, in order to do this it would be easier if i could get internet working under Linux...
I've done a HD install and most things work fine but I just cannot seem to get my BT Voyager USB ADSL modem recognised....
#usbview shows no connected devices
Where do I start?
I'd start here
PS Do I need to copy/download any source files to HD after doing the HD install in order to rebuild kernels etc?
Do a search here on the site for kernel to see what others have done to rebuild kernels.
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Many thanks for providing the link
Will do exactly as you suggested, wish me luck!
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Hey all, I'm posting this under Knoppix
If anyone else has struggled with setting up this modem (BT Voyager ADSL), here's what I did:
Downloaded and installed driver, got the Debian package. http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/index.php?lang=en
Used instructions from http://www.thecaretaker.org.uk/drive...yagerlinux.htm (the link which Rickenbacherus posted .... many thanks mate!)
Everything is now just spiffing old boy
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Right on- glad you got it working. One more Linux user!!
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and yes i have major lack of finger to keyboard skills
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Forgot to mention, the part in the set-up instructions refers to getting the modem to initialise automatically on boot-up... this didnt work for me.
What I do is as root (or SU when logged in as a normal user) is to open a shell and type the command "startmodem". If you followed the install and set-up instructions correctly this should fire-up your adsl connection.
Hope this helps, Doc.
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Wow, could I be more lost??
Hey... I'm a Windows Child ok.. but trying to make the cross over cause I hear good things about Linux! So I downloaded and installed Red Hat v9 on another pc and all is fine there. But now I want to be able to plug my BTBroadband usb modem into it and have it work, just like you guys have managed!
It's the same modem and so on, I just have NO idea what those instructions are talkin about... type what where??? I need a step by step lol... please someone help??
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I have a similar modem (ie one that uses the same driver : a Dlink DSL 200). I found this driver remarkably easy to install for the hdinstall'ed Knoppix ; much easier than the instructions for the BT Voyager would lead you to believe. These modems require no nasty closed-source kernel modules, and there is even a graphical configuration tool!
The eciadsl driver works for over 31 different USB ADSL modems: if you want to see if it works for yours, look here:
http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/modems.php?lang=en
There is an easy tutorial (with screenshots!):
http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/tutorial.php?lang=en
the screenshots are for Gnome, but hopefully you should be able to replicate them easily in KDE too.
The only gotcha's I found:
* My modem at least didn't work well with the 0.7 (stable) version of the driver : I had to download the development version, and compile it myself. This is easier than it sounds : if the stable version doesn't work for you, just download the package from : http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/download...de-cvs.tar.bz2
save it in your home directory. Then open a terminal window (eg run "konsole", or "xterm") and enter these commands one-by-one (you can skip the bits begining in #, they are comments)
Code:
tar -xjf eciadsl-usermode-cvs.tar.bz2
#look in a filemanager to see what the directory is called:
cd eciadsl-usermode-cvs-20030607
./configure
make
su #then enter your root password
make install
Then follow the rest of that tutorial. The only tricky bits are finding a "synch" file that works (try them all until one works, and the startmodem script manages to "setup the modem") and knowing the PPP mode (FYI use VCM_RFC2364 (aka PPPoA) in New Zealand), otherwise guess (until you actually get connected to the internet)
If you have problems, they may be covered in the FAQ or the Documentation on the site: http://eciadsl.flashtux.org
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