Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 01:10:17 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: <neo911@bellsouth.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Alcatel SpeedTouch USB modem driver Message-ID: <00e801c0d31a$01b03730$0300a8c0@oracle> References: <200105021441.KAA15056@mail4.lig.bellsouth.net>
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I just swapped my initial W2K / ADSL gateway box for a FreeBSD 4.2 one a couple weeks ago & didn't need any extra drivers, however I was fortunate enough to get a "proper" ethernet model Alcatel .... actually they tried to foist a USB thingy on me but I made certain there weren't any USB boxes lying around when the techo came to install ADSL so he didn't have a choice :) My guess is the linux drivers won't work but FreeBSD 4.x versions apparently have some sort of USB support .... probably best to start with the latest release (4.3) though. Maybe someone else knows more about this stuff. The setup will depend on whether your ISP uses PPPoE or PPTP. Mine is PPPoE & was a relatively painless exercise after reading stuff like the online handbook, man ppp, plus a heap of assorted HOWTOs from freebsddiary.org, bsdvault.net, etc etc > I'm not a total newbie, I use freebsd to perform on a cable modem box last year. This year I upgraded to a dsl modem. > I begged for an rj45box, but they were stuborn. Now I'm forced to use usb. > Today I am using NT2000 server ( ick ), tomarrow i want to be running freebsd4. > I can change up anything on my box, except the usb modem. > I have searched for a coupla days, and found linux drivers at Alcatel http://www.alcatel.com/consumer/dsl/tgz.htm ,but that's lunix. I was woundering if Freebsd had a port yett, or its own drivers??? > Also I have no idea how to connect to an isp using an isdn/adsl modem, so be gentle please... > Thanks > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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