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tone84
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 Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:24 am Post subject: [SOLVED]USB to modem problem |
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hi, Im new to this group as well as Gentoo.. I hope you can help me with this problem. I have a laptop and it doesnt have a ethernet outlet, but it has a usb port. I am able to hook it to the modem and get the internet with a livecd of some sort, but never with gentoo. Do i need to add a eth0 argument in "/etc/conf.d/net" or use a special program to fix this problem?
thanks.
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ursusca
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:19 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
What kind of modem do you have?
Can you post additional information from lsusb command?
Run lsusb under root
or /sbin/lsusb under another user
Probably you modem is win-modem, which is uses proprietary drivers to emulate hardware in order to connect to the internet. |
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ursusca
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:21 am Post subject: Re: USB to modem problem |
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| tone84 wrote: | ... Do i need to add a eth0 argument in "/etc/conf.d/net" or use a special program to fix this problem?
thanks.
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You can find all examples of configuration in /etc/conf.d/net.examples file. |
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tone84
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: USB to modem problem |
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| ursusca wrote: | | tone84 wrote: | ... Do i need to add a eth0 argument in "/etc/conf.d/net" or use a special program to fix this problem?
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You can find all examples of configuration in /etc/conf.d/net.examples file. |
well, would that fix my problem?
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tone84
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:07 pm Post subject: Re: USB to modem problem |
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its a dsl modem, but i connect through usb.. the lsusb command indecates that it is a arris modem, which is right, but how do i make gentoo get a full connection from it like the livecds do?
do i need ppp or sumthing?
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| You need net-dialup/ppp package. |
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tone84
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| ursusca wrote: | | You need net-dialup/ppp package. |
ok, i thought it was just for dial up, like in the old days
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tone84
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I just genkerneled it.. works fine!
thanks
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:44 pm Post subject: [SOLVED]USB to modem problem |
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after following the manual more closely, I found that all i had to do was run lsmod. look for whatever service or mod was running for the modem which was RNDIS. I searched for it in make menuconfig, wiith "/' and enabled all the results. I hope I have helped others with this problem as well....
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