Speedtouch USB ADSL Drivers
The GPL Speedtouch USB ADSL driver is different from the "official" Alcatel Linux drivers in several respects. First, it is implemented in user-space, which means that the application of kernel patches or insertion of kernel modules is not required. It also implements its on pppoa encapsulation, so you can use the standard pppd program. Finally, it doesn't use a binary-only managment program. For this driver to work, you will need access to a file that is included with both the official Windows and Linux drivers. This file contains the microcode that is uploaded to the modem.
| Tags | Communications Internet Networking Utilities |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX BSD Linux |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 06 Jul 2004 06:28
Changes: This version support hotplug, a functionality that allows users to connect to the Internet simply by plugging in their modem in an available USB port. Configuration, start, and stop scripts have been added (speedtouch-setup, speedtouch-start, speedtouch-stop). Those scripts allow you to configure either a PPPoA or a PPPoE connection, but they do not work on BSD yet. SpeedTouch 330 modems are now recognized without special options, except that you need to provide the proper firmware (available from the Thomson web site as a Zip archive).
- 05 Jan 2004 10:14
Changes: This release adds compilation fixes, PPPoE for FreeBSD, CRC error fixes, and better firmware detection.
- 04 Jun 2002 06:07
Changes: In this release, modem_run uses a new method to detect the link state, the portable USB library has been updated for the new USB structures in *BSD's async mode in pppoa3, and the adsl-conf-pppd script was updated to handle Debian. Documentation updates were made, including Italian and German translations of the Linux docs, and Italian, German, and French translations for BSD. Also added were a configuration checker for Linux (speedtouch-doctor), a new ADSL peer sample for Linux (full of comments), and RPM and Debian packages.
- 04 May 2002 04:25
Changes: This release adds an async mode for pppoa3 (option -a/--async), a new method to detect the ADSL state during startup, syslog support for modem_run (BSD users should add a modem_run entry to their /etc/syslog.conf), GNU/Linux packaging for Debian and updated information for the RPM distributions. Various fixes were made, and Italian and German HOWTO translations were added.
- 03 Mar 2002 16:25
Changes: A number of minor tweaks were made to the code, including fixes for usbdevfs, compatability with Linux 2.5.x kernels, and syslog support on modem_run. The project now can build working RPMs.
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Recent commentsGUI proj. announcement
i want announce all users of SpeedTouch Drivers that is started simple front end to setting up soon speedtouch modem. project need help.
you can find it here (http://freshmeat.net/projects/tkspeedtouch)
thanks to develop for speedtouch!
Re: usb ADSL modem
The modem I have has no "how to" for linux.
Can I use the "how to" you have here in the site?Thanks, Yael
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Re: usb ADSL modem
I will try that. I just wan to make sure that it is applicable with any adsl usb modem ?
Thanks, Yael
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Re: usb ADSL modem
> I have no idea how to
> make work on my linux system.
Have you followed the HOWTO included in the distribution?
Re: Support for PPPoE
> is it possible to use this driver with a
> provider offering the ADSL service with
> the PPP Over
> Ethernet protocol?
There is now a patch the hacks pppoa together with Roaring Penguins pppoe client. Check out the project page for details.