Re: DSL connecting using a USB modem
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On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 12:20:46AM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson spake thus:
> On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 03:51:17PM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote:
> | On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 06:07:03PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson spake thus:
> | > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 08:11:51AM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote:
> | > | i've been trying to find some app which would let me connect to the net
> | > | with an usb dsl modem and have drawn a blank.
> | > |
> | > | would anyone on the list know of any app that can be used?
> | >
> | > You don't need an "app", you need a device driver. That's the beauty
> | > of layers. If the USB modem is a linksys usb<->ethernet adapter try
> | > the "pegasus" kernel module. Otherwise investigate the hardware and
> | > determine which driver is applicable to it.
> |
> | thanks, but i wasn't asking about device drivers - i know that bit.
> | i mean what would you use to set up the connection - like you use
> | ppoeconf to set up a link when you're using an ethernet dsl modem?
>
> For my DSL setup I just use DHCP (on ethernet). No PPPoE here. The
> computers don't even know DSL is involved -- that is handled entirely
> by the Cisco 677 ethernet<->dsl bridge my ISP provided. What hardware
> do you have and what infrastructure does your ISP provide?
Infrastructure? Ain't no such thing Down Under, mate.
The provider, no matter who, tries to put you through the wringer by over-charging
for a modem and line splitter so if you've got any sense you buy your own and
just pay for enabling your phone line.
I bought an ethernet modem to $A150 - my ISP was offering this for $A225.
I bought a splitter for $A10 - the ISP was offering it for $A15. My own connection
was set up using ppoeconf. I'm trying to set up for a friend who has bought a D-Link
DSL-200 USB modem which he was told would work under Linux - hence my
queries.
Sam
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Sam Varghese
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