[Gllug] Alcatel speedtouch modem

[Ian Norton]

i got it working with mandrake ok,

alacatel have some of the files you need on thier site, i needed to get 
a windows exe and the linux solution 'sucked' the firmware code out of 
it, and the howto worked fine for me although the modem is a bit 
unreliable, if i do ifdown ppp0 (the dsl) i will usually have to try and 
bring it up 10 times before it comes back, always works first time tho,

Ian

Peter John Cameron wrote:

>Has anyone managed to get the Alcatel USB speedtouch modem working with Suse
>8.1? I got it recognised on bootup and the speedmgmt daemon started but when
>I connect I just get LCP timeouts. I seem to be going round in circles
>trying various howtos, starting the connection manually with a script or
>with kinternet. In all cases the modem sends out packets but nothing is ever
>received. Lately, with kinternet, the entire system hangs, with the keyboard
>lights flashing on and off. I've tried the procedure on the Suse web site
>(modifying the speedtouch config file) but to no avail.
>
>My broadband ISP is Tiscali.
>
>Perhaps I've messed up the PPP and/or hotplug files. I'm having to connect
>my old 56K USB modem to download email which is a pain.
>
>Any help and/or configuration files appreciated :)
>
>Cheers,
>Peter
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