ADSL & Linux
Martin Liddle
Carter <s...@mini.demon.co.uk> writes
>Does anyone here have experience of using Demon/BT's ADSL
>modem on a Linux box?
>
>I currently have a Linux router connected to a 56k modem, but
>would like a permanent connection which doesn't hog a phone line.
>
>I thought that ADSL would be my best bet (don't trust those cable
>companies one inch), but Demon's site says that one needs Windows
>to use their modem.
>
>A quick web search turned up that the makers of the BT ADSL
>modem may release open-source drivers for Linux.
>
>Anyone know if this has happened? Anyone using it in real life
>right now?
>
Yes it happened and I am aware of lots of people using them:
unfortunately I have no personal experience with them. I have taken the
liberty of cross posting this reply to uk.comp.os.linux where the
experts live.
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Robin Gilks
> In article <999251274.19179.0...@news.demon.co.uk>, Stu
> Carter <s...@mini.demon.co.uk> writes
>>Does anyone here have experience of using Demon/BT's ADSL
>>modem on a Linux box?
>>
>>I currently have a Linux router connected to a 56k modem, but
>>would like a permanent connection which doesn't hog a phone line.
>>
>>I thought that ADSL would be my best bet (don't trust those cable
>>companies one inch), but Demon's site says that one needs Windows
>>to use their modem.
>>
>>A quick web search turned up that the makers of the BT ADSL
>>modem may release open-source drivers for Linux.
>>
>>Anyone know if this has happened? Anyone using it in real life
>>right now?
>>
> Yes it happened and I am aware of lots of people using them:
> unfortunately I have no personal experience with them. I have taken the
> liberty of cross posting this reply to uk.comp.os.linux where the
> experts live.
Does this refer to just the USB modem or are there any issues with the 10M
Ethernet version (which I'm about to get ready for when I work from home
again). Most interested in this before I plunge in and drop the ISDN line.
--
Robin
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Scholar
<mar...@tcs02.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <999251274.19179.0...@news.demon.co.uk>, Stu
> Carter <s...@mini.demon.co.uk> writes
>>Does anyone here have experience of using Demon/BT's ADSL modem on a
>>Linux box?
>>
>>I currently have a Linux router connected to a 56k modem, but would like
>>a permanent connection which doesn't hog a phone line.
>>
>>I thought that ADSL would be my best bet (don't trust those cable
>>companies one inch), but Demon's site says that one needs Windows to use
>>their modem.
>>
>>A quick web search turned up that the makers of the BT ADSL modem may
>>release open-source drivers for Linux.
>>
>>Anyone know if this has happened? Anyone using it in real life right
>>now?
>>
> Yes it happened and I am aware of lots of people using them:
> unfortunately I have no personal experience with them. I have taken the
> liberty of cross posting this reply to uk.comp.os.linux where the
> experts live.
No problems using the USB ADSL modem on a firewall Pentium 133 / 80M RAM
running Mandrake 8.0 - note that there is an "official" Linux driver from
Alcatel (which runs in kernel space and needs a custom kernel
recompilation I think, and is apparently a bit of a pain), and an
"unofficial" driver written by a nice French chap called Benoit, which
runs in user-space, is easy to install and works a real treat. (To find
it, just google for benoit adsl). Indeed, so easy was it to install that I
had it all preconfigured ready for when Mr BT arrived with the modem, and
had it plugged in and working within a minute of him passing control to
me. He looked faintly fazed, hadn't seen anyone use Linux before.
To hear lots more, go to www.adslguide.org.uk and visit the Linux forum.
(You may even decide to use another ISP!)
Stu Carter
news:9mpqbc$3p5uu$1...@ID-98240.news.dfncis.de...
> No problems using the USB ADSL modem on a firewall Pentium 133 / 80M RAM
> running Mandrake 8.0 - note that there is an "official" Linux driver from
>[...]
> had it all preconfigured ready for when Mr BT arrived with the modem, and
> had it plugged in and working within a minute of him passing control to
> me. He looked faintly fazed, hadn't seen anyone use Linux before.
...is the correct answer!
Thanks :o)
Stu
Timothy Collins
> In article <999251274.19179.0...@news.demon.co.uk>, Stu
> Carter <s...@mini.demon.co.uk> writes
> >Does anyone here have experience of using Demon/BT's ADSL
> >modem on a Linux box?
The company where I work uses a linux box (Cobalt raq4) and Demon/BT's
ADSL. No problems! (Ethernet version.)
> >
> >I currently have a Linux router connected to a 56k modem, but
> >would like a permanent connection which doesn't hog a phone line.
Make sure you're up-to-date with the security patches. I'd suggst turning
inetd off completely and use SSH (OpenSSH or the commercial one) instead.
> >Anyone know if this has happened? Anyone using it in real life
> >right now?
If you want proper support you could do worse than Navaho (www.navaho.co.uk).
All the best!
Tim.