[Glastonbury] linux broadband modem woes

[s~TV]

On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 21:16, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 12:01:04PM +0100, Sean Miller wrote:
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> > Now somebody is taking the micky...
> > 
> > Anyway, back to topic... I tried again to get the broadband USB modem
> > working last night... followed all the instructions on the FAQ site, but
> > there's clearly still something a little wrong... probably won't get time
> > to do much more for a few days now, but if anybody here has succeeded in
> > getting an Alcatel (Thompson) Speedtouch 330 working then can they drop me
> > a line with how they did it?
> > 
> > Sean
> > 
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> Sean,
> 
> I have found 15 or so pages of Howto links and information ... but ...
> 
> Get hold of the latest IPCop firewall CD.  It has support out of the 
> box for the Alcatel Speedtouch 330.  You'll probably need to find
> an old box to run it on, however, since it is likely to take over
> the whole of the hard disk. (www.ipcop.org)
> 
> Smoothwall GPL version (www.smoothwall.org) probably also support it.
> I would recommend them - but, from purely personal experience, they
> can be among the rudest people on the 'Net to their Linux users.
i agree ~ smoothwall are *real* hackers
maybe we should invite them to join us

btw have u tried knoppix with the modem on your laptop?
s~TV
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Andy
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