[ILUG] Alcatel Speedtouch modem

[Drew Ferguson]

On Tuesday 26 February 2002 22:00, you wrote:
> Hey there,
> I've been trying to get the alcatel speedtouch modem running under linux
> but to no avail.
> I've tried a few howTo's and none seem to work.
> Im running debian woody and a 2.4.17 kernel.
> I was reading the archives and saw references to it by other users.
> Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction for getting this
> working? Many Thanks
> Declan McMullen

You've got two choices;

A user space setup which is by far the easiest to do;
	http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/speedtouch/index.en.php3
or	http://speedtouch.sourceforge.net/

or a Kernel setup which is spectacularly difficult because you need to hack & 
match kernel and pppd versions very closely - I wasn't able to get this one 
going properly. You may need to persue this if you want VPN and other fancy 
ppp connections
	http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/

Either way, you will need to visit alcatels web site to get the most recent 
driver;
	http://www.speedtouchdsl.com/supuser.htm

Watch out for hotplug (usb utlity) which can wreck havoc with your system.

I started making an ADSL HOWTO a while back that never got finished. I'd 
appreciate any input from anyone in RoI
	http://www.moil.demon.co.uk/linuxadsl

Mail me off list if you continue to have problems.

Drew