SpeedTouch USB modem and Fedora

[neil]

mailing-lists at dragoneyedesign.net wrote:

> hi,
>  
> I have Fedora core 1 running on my system (thank you alexander) and I 
> have an Alcatel Speedtouch usb for my adsl connection.
>  
> I have read that this modem should be perfectly supported by Linux, 
> but that does not seem to be the case here.
>  
> When I choose 'browse hardware' under KDE I see about 8 times 'Alcatel 
> USB Speedtouch' under system devices.
>  
> When I run the internet connection wizard and I choose to make a new 
> xDSL connection I can only select my LAN card.
>  
> I have heard that there are new drivers available, I have downloaded a 
> zip file with 2 .eni files in it from Alcatel, but I do not have a 
> clue what I am supposed to do with them and I have also downloaded an 
> rpm from http://sourceforge.net/projects/speedtouch wich I have installed.
>  
> but I am not able to create an internet connection.
>  
> some help would be nice
>  
> Matt.
>  
> P.S.: in my old linux pc there was no Linux compatible modem so I have 
> never configured a modem in Linux before, so go easy on me ;)

The network connections interface doesn't address the Alcatel modem. It 
[the modem] has some quirks that make this tricky. Some guys at sf have 
created a shell script config utility 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/speedtouchconf/ you might want to try 
this (I haven't, so can't comment).

I followed the howto included in the sf driver package. It really is a 
very good how-to and will explain everything you need to know. Do read 
it. I followed it and my modem works a treat. The how-to also has a 
mailing list link if you still run into difficulties.
neil


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