[Ryedale] Speedtouch USB Modem

[Paul Teasdale]

>> Hi Fintan,
>>
>>> Even though I have never used speedtouch I have  heard its not
>>> compatible with linux am I right thinking that?.
>>>
>> I think these modems can be made to work under Linux although I have never
>> tried (even though I do have one). Go to
>> http://speedtouch.sourceforge.net/index.php?/download.en.html to get the
>> Linux drivers. You also need to goto
>> http://www.speedtouch.com/driver_upgrade_lx_3.0.1.2.htm to get the
>> firmware.
>
> I can confirm that these drivers worked. I used them myself for quite
> sometime until an electrical storm blew the modem. Setup always seemed to
> vary in difficulty between distros.
>
> I would always recommend a proper ADSL router over these things though,
> they can be a bit tempremental.
>
Very good advice that Jamie and exactly the reason I have a speedtouch modem
but have never used it (i.e. I use a decent ADSL router). Nice to hear from
you BTW.

Regards,
Paul.