Accessing the internet with a Alcatel Speedtouch USB ADSL modem

[John Nehmetallah]

Isn't if you open up the root terminal and type in the command
"pppoeconf" it should walk you throught the whole process of setting
up a DSL connection.


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:46:02 +0200, Super Donkey <smurf_www at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:15:50 +0100, Nuno Ferreira wrote:
> 
> > I have such a modem, and to configure it to access the net using PPPOE,
> > I needed to download the following packages from universe: speedtouch
> > pppoe
> > br2684ctl
> >
> > Could you add these to the CD so that it is possible to have a working
> > installation without other means to access the net? Also needed is the
> > firmware file, but I don't know if you are allowed to ship it or not.
> >
> > A last issue, configuring linux to use such a modem for the first time
> > is not a trivial task, is there, or are you planning to provide in the
> > future a simpler way to do it?
> 
> You should think of hacking your modem in to a pro version. Then you have
> a NAT firewall, dhcp server and it will just take one mouse click to
> connect to the internet from any os. However as you're behind a nat
> firewall playing networked games and filesharing, also audio on Windows
> Messenger is not possible however Yahoo and Skype audio conferencing work
> behind the nat. You will need to open manually open the ports for your
> applications and forward them to what ever PC.
> 
> Linky:
> http://www.weethet.nl/english/adsl_mxstream_alcatelhack.php
> http://www.petri.co.il/upgrade_from_alcatel_speedtouch_home_to_pro.htm
> 
> If you are going to do it then check out first this forum to see what
> possibly could go wrong:
> http://www.petri.co.il/forums/viewforum.php?f=13&sid=efa778bfecfcad9b1e71da4d7255a44c
> 
> The DHCP option is cool if you want to connect multiple PC's to the modem
> with minimal effort. However I learned that opening NAT ports works only
> with assigned ip adresses. But if all you do is
> http/ftp/email/nntp/internet radio (anything that your pc "pulls" from the
> internet will work) you don't need open ports. I closed mine as I was
> getting all kinds of weird traffic. So only open them when you are going
> to use them.
> 
> Notice: You can revert back to the original state. Just look for it on the
> links I posted. I recommend downloading the pages onto your hard drive
> that guide you in hacking into a pro and reverting into a home.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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