[Scottish] Broadband Question...

[Kyle Gordon]

What model of Voyager modem is it? It's best not to use USB, and use 
Ethernet instead. That way you can use a bog standard network card, 
about 99% of which are guaranteed to work in any form of operating 
system. If you use a network card, Linux will support it without the 
need for any crazy drivers from BT or its 3rd party, 4th partner, 2nd 
outsourced software/hardware makers in India that happened to get 
cheapest bid of the day in for BT kit...

Kyle

babaguy wrote:
>  Hi SLUGgers! WOW ! 
>
> Okay - so, I've managed (well, my SWEETHEART managed) to make a functioning computer out of a bunch of old stuff, I got a monitor off FREESHARE, I've installed UBUNTU 5.10 - the one they are currently giving away in the smart, inviting packaging (picked it up from PC Medic in Paisley - nice shop btw) - 
>
> - and it seems to WORK ! ! !  
>
> Perseverance pays off ! (some of you may recall my first attempts w/Linux about 3 years ago - the Suse "Home edition" (NOTHING worked - except Chess at ONE level only!) - and then an earlier edition of Ubuntu...grrrrrrr.....
>
> - but no more, I sense! 
>
> Okay! Here's my question. We have BT Total Broadband - 
>
> (but I DON'T  have the new TOTAL Broadband router - I have a BT VOYAGER ADSL modem - which I also got on FREESHARE. Works good!)
>
> There is a CD which has the modem driver for Windows XP - it's what I'm using to access the internet on the other computer... (bless it). 
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> What do I need to do to make my UBUNTU computer recognise the ADSL modem and vice versa? 
>
> Does BT do a CD for installation with Linux?  
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> Is there one of you SLUGgers who HAS the drivers that will work in Linux and recognise the BT VOYAGER ADSL modem?   I currently don't have a CD or DVD re-writer, only CD-ROM (on both the XP and the UBUNTU machines) so I don't think I'll be able to download and burn a version of the driver even if I were to find it on a Linux web driver repository.....
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> I hope one of you will be able to help and advise me on this, as I'd REALLY like to be able to get online with the Ubuntu machine.....
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> I REALLY like this new-ish Ubuntu, by the way - it's fun! (and it seems to WORK ! )
>
> Yours in hope, and with THANKS in advance,
>
> - Paul Birchard   
>
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