On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 12:50:43PM +1000, Bassam wrote: > i recently installed debian sarge by netinst minimal cd and the > installer did not recognise my motorola sb5100 cable modem which was > conneted by usb > i have no router, it was a direct connection its been a long time for me, but when a cable modem is connected by usb, you need to have the usb stuff in place for it to function. I suspect the net install does not include this. Is there an ethernet port on your modem and a corresponding NIC in your machine? if so, you should connect it that way. Then it should "just work". > > this is a cable modem distributed by Optus which is a very large telco > in Australia so i am sure many people have this problem > > debian needs a linux driver on floppy, the problem is motorola doesent > make a linux driver, i have searched extensively and found this is a > common problem among debian sarge users > > strangely enough when using "damn small linux" which is a variant of > debian, for some reason it automatically detected my modem allowed me to > browse perfectly, this was the livecd version. you could boot up DSL and see what modules it is using to drive the internet connection through USB. Then grab those modules from somewhere and modprobe then from a virtual terminal in the installer. that may work to get ethernet over usb. > > perhaps whatever it is that allows DamnSmallLinux to make this > troublesome modem work could it be put into debian its not an issue of getting the modem to work so much as getting debian to recognize that you want ethernet to work over USB. That's a different issue. As I said above, your best bet is to use the ethernet port on your modem to a NIC on your machine. hth A
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