[CLUG] Broadband from UTVip

[Peter Flynn]

On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 12:22, Alan Hamilton wrote:
> Peter Flynn wrote:
> > Has anyone gone for UTV's broadband offer?
> 
> Yes, I went for the self install option, and it'd been working perfectly
> since. Great pings and download speeds.

Cool.

> > And will their supplied Xyzel modem work attached to a PII 
> > running RH9?
> 
> Maybe.

Ah. This usually means it won't :-)

> I haven't gotten their ZyXEL 630-11 modem to work in linux yet, but it
> should be possible. You need to use something like this [1] to load the
> firmware (which needs to be done every time the modem is plugged in),

I have a second phone line for this, so I'm assuming this only needs
to be done once (otherwise only after power outages etc).

> and a slightly modified version of this [2] to use the modem. There are
> some instructions here [3], unfortunately they are in spanish.

That shouldn't be a problem.

> [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/zyxel630-11

That looks useful, thanks. Odd that the firmware exists but the driver 
doesn't.

> [2] http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/docs/index.html

This is for an Alcatel SpeedTouch modem. When you say "slightly 
modified", can you explain a little more? If it means kernel mods,
forget it: this is a production network, not a sacrificial one, so
recompiling the kernel is not an option.

> [3] http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=927162&forum_id=287227

This is also for the SpeedTouch modem.

///Peter