Sagem Fast 800 E3 usb modem and Fedora 8

[Robin Laing]

Frank Cox wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:43:57 -0400
> Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> Check these two sites , there is a driver for Linux for the Sagem Fast 
>> 800 E3 usb modem.
> 
> Thank you.  This looks like something that I could probably set up if I had the
> modem and the laptop here to fiddle around with, but I don't think it's going
> to be workable in the present situation.
> 
> Thanks for the information, though.  The next time someone has a question about
> one of the modems they will be able to find this in the list archives.
> 

Another issue is the ISP may require the MAC address to validate the 
network connection on their end.  I have seen this many times in my 
helping of others.

My mother-in-law has the same issue on her network.  She has a USB cable 
modem.  The modem does have an ethernet port but hooking any other 
computer to this port is a waste of time as the MAC address is useless.

The Windows network sharing would be the quickest and easiest way to set 
this up.


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Robin Laing