[ubuntu-uk] New boy.

[Ron Rhodes]

On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 15:31 +0100, Ian wrote:
> Well as I'm in the UK and eager to get a good deal on broadband I
> signed with TalkTalk and they only supply a USB Sagem 8oo modem so its
> hooked to the BT plug.throiugh the usual fliter. I have lernt that
> Linux does not like USB to much, is that right?
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> I tried a router but it cut the speed of my connection to XP on the
> master drive from 2.3mbps to 1.0mbps.
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Hi Ian, welcome to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu supports the Sagem 800 modem.

Select System > Administration > Synaptic
Select Networking
Go down to eagle-usb-data and eagle-usb-utils and install these.
Follow the instructions and you should be OK.

Best wishes, Ron