Support for ADSL modem: Alcatel Speed Touch PC (PCI Card)

[Zu`]

Hey all,

I hope this is the right forum to post this, since it's also hardware related.;

Anyway.
I've been talking to a friend of mine and he's willing to install linux on his computer (he uses Windows now) if there's support for his ADSL modem.

He has a Alcatel Speed Touch PC modem, it's an internal modem, a PCI card.


I know there are working linux drivers for the Alcatel Speed Touch USB modems, but I'm wondering if anyone knows if his card is supported as well.

If anyone could find some info about this, please post it here. All bits of info will do.
If you need more specific info about the modem, let me know.

Let's hope I can find a driver, so there can be another Gentoo user

Thanks in advance

[xming]

I think it is itex chipset (www.itexinc.com) they had bin only driver for 2.4.16, but they liquidating now.

I never tried gentoo with, I might, the only bin drv which works is the one for RH7.1.

If you need the bin drv, pm me

xming

[Zu`]

Thanks that helped a bit already.

I mailed to techsupport@itexinc.com asking for a 2.4.18 compatible driver, but not sure if I'll get any response.

I guess I could try the 2.4.16 RH7.1 driver... I would do it right away if it was my computer, but it's not, so I have to be quite sure that it works.


Thanks for your help

If you try using it in Gentoo and it works, please let me know!

[grandspas]

[Keyser]

Hi,
you need to recompile your kernel for Itex support.
Use the kernel 2.4.18.
Use this config (my) http://studenti.unina.it/~surano/.config
Put it in /usr/src/linux/ that is a link to the scr directory of the kernel 2.4.18 (/usr/src/linux-2.4.18/).
Compile the kernel (make dep && make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install), and use it.

Now you have a kernel compatible with Itex modules.

For PPPoE connections:
After the reboot with the new kernel, download http://studenti.unina.it/~surano/itex1483-2.4.16.o and copy it in /lib directory.

insmod -f /lib/itex1483-2.4.16.o vpi=8 vci=35 framing=1
ifconfig eth1 up

"eth1 is the number of the card, if you don't have a network card then use eth0".
"use vpi and vci of your provider (8,35 is for italy).
Use adsl-setup to configure the adsl connections,
and adsl-start to connect (after loaded the module, wait 15 seconds before call adsl-start).

For PPPoA connections refer to http://bre.klaki.net/dagbok/faerslur/1037408322.shtml
and ignore the tips on the kernel.

Good luck !

Daniele Surano
Naples, Italy