Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 15:30:32 +0000 From: simond@irrelevant.org To: nomad@netrail.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alcatel Speedtouch USB DSL modem and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010320153032.C2166@irrelevant.org> In-Reply-To: <20010313142828.A44133@irrelevant.org>; from simond@irrelevant.org on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 02:28:28PM %2B0000 References: <MPEGJCJPPBKNCNBGOHGDCECJCLAA.cschreiber@netrail.net> <20010313142828.A44133@irrelevant.org>
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On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 02:28:28PM +0000, simond@irrelevant.org wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 08:57:04AM -0500, Christian S. wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Greetings, > > I searched the FreeBSD mailing lists for this issue and turned up a > > few hits, but no solid answers, so I thought that I would pose the > > question here - > > > > I have an Alcatel SpeedTouch USB DSL modem at home, and wanted to > > hook it up to my FreeBSD box. Unfortunately, as I understand it, > > there is currently no driver support for this. However, I heard that > > the Linux version of the driver may be available soon. I've hit just > > about every search engine looking for this, but can't seem to find > > any more recent information than around November/December of last > > year. If anyone has any information on when this might be available, > > I would appreciate it, as right now my Win98 box is my current > > firewall for my FreeBSD box(!), which to me is pretty much > > sacrilege.. :/ > > I'm interested in support for this too, but so far the most I've heard is > this press release from Alcatel: > http://www.alcatel.com/vpr/?body=/latestnews/12022001uk > > Basically the Linux driver is due out this month and from indications it > looks like it'll be a binary image with the firmware on and the rest will > be released in source form, it's a case of wait and see currently > though :( OK, just letting anyone interested know that Alcatel have just released their Linux driver for the USB ADSL "modem", you can download the source from here: http://www.alcatel.com/consumer/dsl/dvrreg_lx.htm Best of luck, and anyone who gets it working under FreeBSD has my undying gratitude :) -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org "Why do I get this urge to go bowling everytime I see Tux?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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