SpeedTouch
USB ADSL modem install on Linux SuSE 9.1
Installing SpeedTouch USB drivers on the Linux SuSE 9.1 release yields
problems. A friend and I tried out a few HowTo found on the Web but
with no result. Moreover the SuSE 9.1 Personal Edition contains no C
compiler.
The package proposed here is derived from the SpeedBundle
1.0 package. It is designed to install on a vanilla Personal
Edition SuSE 9.1.
The package contains the firmware/microcode for the standard
green manta SpeedTouch DSL modem. So before using the package you must
register here.
(If you have a different SpeedTouch modem you will have to fetch and
install the appropriate firmware. See at the bottom of this page.)
(All maneuvers are made by commands you type in a terminal window. Of
course you can also start a KDE session as root and do the same using
the mouse and your text editor of choice.)
Put that speedbundle_SuSE_9.1.tar.gz
package somewhere. Say in your home directory. If your user name is joe
then your home directory is /home/joe.
Open a terminal windows (console) (available in the System submenu).
Inside that terminal window type this command to become superuser
(root) inside that terminal. (Type the superuser password when asked
to.)
su
Type this command to go to the /opt
directory:
cd /opt
Type this command to extract the package inside the /opt directory. Of course replace
"joe" with your username:
tar xzf /home/joe/speedbundle_SuSE_9.1.tar.gz
If everything went fine now a speedbundle_SuSE_9.1
directory has been created inside the /opt
directory. (Possibly type the ls command to check).
Enter the speedbundle_SuSE_9.1
directory with this command:
cd speedbundle_SuSE_9.1
Type this command to edit the user_data.txt
text file:
mcedit user_data.txt
Inside the file, replace the dummy login and password by your own ones.
Also put the correct vpi and vci numbers for your ADSL account. In
Belgium that's 8.35 but it will most probably be different in your
country. Best look inside your provider's data or phone the help desk.
To get clues click here.
Login must be in the first top line, then password, then the
appropriate vpi.vci in the third line. Once you filled those login,
password and vpi.vci, save the file by hitting the F2 key. Quit the
mcedit editor by hitting F10.
Start the install procedure with this command:
./install
A lengthy scroll of endless items should roll inside the terminal
window. Once it stops your modem drivers should be installed. Plug in
the modem to check. Or unplug and re-plug it. Or restart the computer.
(Please note the system needs a few lengthy seconds after the modem
lights stop blinking, before the connection is usable.)
Don't erase the /opt/speedbundle_SuSE_9.1
directory. It is needed by the modem software.
Should the connection stop after a few days continuous computer
activity, you can restart it with this command in a terminal window
(you need to be root (su)):
pppd call speedtch
If you wish to stop the ADSL connection type this in a terminal window
(being root (command su)):
killall pppd
In order to install a different firmware, rename that firmware file so
it becomes named firmware.bin
and put it inside the /usr/lib/speedtouch
directory,
replacing the existing firmware.bin
file. Then unplug and re-plug the modem to test. (In order to use aSpeedtouch 330 modem you can
use the ZZZL_3.012 firmware you can download from the Alcatel website.
A strange behaviour you can experience is the ADSL LED startsflashing a few minutes after
you're connected, and continues to flashindefinitely. This does not
seem to be a problem.)
If you wish to use different login, password or vpi.vci, either change
the user_data.txt file and
make a new installation or simply tune these three files: