[Gllug] ppp/USB ADSL modem woes

[will]

Paul Brazier wrote:
>>Right, I seem to be able to get the drivers loaded and the management
>>module running for the speedtouch (I think), 
>>
> 
> What does your /var/log/messages say for this?
> The last line should say something like this:
> Speedmgmt[2074]: Modem initialised at 576 kbit/s downstream and 288
> kbit/s upstream
> (for the Alcatel drivers only I think?)

I get the Speedmgmt[2074]: Modem initialised at 576 kbit/s downstream 
and 288 kbit/s upstream line in the file.  I then try and run the ppp 
daemon and that is when it hangs.

> I find also I have to unplug and replug the modem in after every boot.

Not got that far yet :-)

> you should have this in /etc/modules.conf:
> alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async 

Thanks, I will give this a go.

> also you need to compile the kernel with the "ppp async" option set to
> module (somewhere in the ppp setup)

Yeah, got that kernel option compiled in.

Thanks,
Will


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