[ubuntu-in] ADSL without ethernet

[Gaurish Sharma]

i think  you should better buy a Lan card it just costs 180 bucks no there
is no hassle & disconnections as  in case in USB.
As Usb( networking devices ) support in linux is still under development
stage so if by any means its possible then you will need lot of effort to
configure device which your parents might feel uneasy with.
   Also i strongly feel they should upgrade the ubuntu version to at least
Drapper(6.06) which offers long term support. i didn't get what u meant by
          "My parents old comp only supports and runs 5.10.."
linux is a versitile os then can run on very computer configration and on
every platform, if it has less RAM(most likely case with old PC) then You
can use Xfce which is lighter than Gnome, also Gnone can also be configured
to run on low resources.


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Regards,
Gaurish Sharma


On 6/17/07, Venkatesh.N Nandakumar <venkatesh.nandakumar at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> hi,
> My parents old comp has no ethernet card, and with windows used a special
> driver for the broadband connection that
> made use of usb as a networking device. The adsl router was provided by
> bsnl, quidway WA1003A,..
> Ubuntu does detect the adsl modem, partially, ie loads the eagle-usb
> drivers automatically..
> Has anyone successfully made use of the modem in such a case?, please do
> help me if so.
>
> My parents old comp only supports and runs 5.10..
> I can also provide the detailed lsusb details if needed.
>
> Venkatesh Nandakumar
> Undergraduate Student
> IIT Roorkee
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