[Gllug] Alcatel speedtouch modem

[Chris Bell]

On Fri 10 Jan, 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
> 
   You need to get your box recognised by the routing equipment. Have you
been given details of an initial test facility to connect to before
attempting to connect to the real destination?


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Chris Bell


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