[plug] iinet DSL - USB DSL modem under linux?

[craig at postnewspapers.com.au]

> I'm interested to know as well, because WestNet will be offering ADSL very
> shortly as well and are going to provide a D-Link USB modem for $199, and I
> certainly want to keep my Linux box as my firewall gateway machine.
*urk* Win2k or worse WinNT with some ghastly abomination like
WinGate connected 24/7 to a high-bandwidth pipe... *shudder*

> The only cheapish option for an ethernet ADSL modem I've seen is a D-Link
> ADSL ethernet modem (the DSL300) for slightly under $300 from eStore (other
> places I've seen have it for around $399).
Ethernet <=> ADSL modems are definitely not cheap. We have a lovely
alcatel jobbie here at work and I've never even had to look at it funny
since I plugged it into the UPS and router (debian of course).

> But if anyone can get the USB ADSL modem working under Linux, I might look
> at saving some money and getting that instead.
iiNet use the Alcatel ADSL SpeedTouch USB
(http://www.speedtouchdsl.com/) so I'll really be checking out that
mainly. I'll keep an eye out for D-Link info too.

OK, I extracted the modem info from iiNet. It seems that not only do
Alcatel officially support linux for the modem, but they even provide
firmware upgrades for it that can be installed using linux (or thats how
it looks to me). *wow*.

iiNet won't support linux with usb, they require an ethernet DSL modem.
However you're free to use one according to their techs, and they say it
does work. 

Alcatel has drivers. More info as I find out / try things. I'd love to
hear of someone on PLUG who has done this or knows the situation...

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