On Sunday 02 March 2003 11:32, Chris Walker wrote:
I'm about to buy an ADSL modem - wymondham has been enabled at last - but I'm confused about what to buy.
I bought a conexant internal PCI ADSL modem a while ago as it advertised Linux compatability on the box and I was (at the time) fed up with the Alcatel Frog modem.
However when I got it home I discovered that "Linux Compatable" meant a couple of kernel modules suppiled (no source) and only available for two kernels neither of which I wanted to run. Grrrrrr Even if it did have binary drivers for my kernel, I would be hesitant to use it as I would only ever be able to upgrade when they decide to complie new modules.
So it sits unused and unwanted on my shelf.
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 06:09:52PM +0000, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On Sunday 02 March 2003 11:32, Chris Walker wrote:
I'm about to buy an ADSL modem - wymondham has been enabled at last
- but I'm confused about what to buy.
I bought a conexant internal PCI ADSL modem a while ago as it advertised Linux compatability on the box and I was (at the time) fed up with the Alcatel Frog modem.
However when I got it home I discovered that "Linux Compatable" meant a couple of kernel modules suppiled (no source) and only available for two kernels neither of which I wanted to run. Grrrrrr Even if it did have binary drivers for my kernel, I would be hesitant to use it as I would only ever be able to upgrade when they decide to complie new modules.
The drivers at:
http://www.themad-house.co.uk/Conexant/conexant-drivers.html
include source. They're only prebuilt for 2.2.16 and 2.4.3, but I've just built a set against 2.4.21-pre3 with no issues. I don't have the hardware to test they actually work of course.
So it sits unused and unwanted on my shelf.
If you don't want it I might buy it off you - I was going to buy one anyway for my parents' ADSL.
J.
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 06:32:13PM +0000, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 06:09:52PM +0000, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
I bought a conexant internal PCI ADSL modem a while ago as it advertised Linux compatability on the box and I was (at the time) fed up with the Alcatel Frog modem.
The drivers at:
http://www.themad-house.co.uk/Conexant/conexant-drivers.html
include source. They're only prebuilt for 2.2.16 and 2.4.3, but I've just built a set against 2.4.21-pre3 with no issues. I don't have the hardware to test they actually work of course.
Update: I've just used these drivers with a Dabs Value PCI ADSL modem in a Debian Woody box successfully. Main hassle was getting a version of pppd that supports PPPoATM, but aside from that it wasn't too bad.
J.
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