SpeedTouchConf
Alcatel SpeedTouch USB Modem - Linux Configuration : Example Session
This is a sample session, run on a machine called turing running WhiteBox Linux (effectively
very similar to RedHat Enterprise Linux).
You can also see the results on SuSE Linux 10.1 which is slightly more verbose.
Run the script AS ROOT
user input is in bold type:
steve@turing /home/steve$ su - Password: root-password root@turing /root# cd /tmp root@turing /tmp# tar xzvf speedtouchconf-dd-mm-yyyy.tar.gz speedtouchconf-dd-mm-yyyy/ speedtouchconf-dd-mm-yyyy/ChangeLog ... etc ... many files listed root@turing /tmp# cd speedtouchconf-dd-mm-yyyy root@turing /tmp# cp /tmp/alcaudsl.sys . This is your microcode - rev4fw.zip for a silver modem, or the path to alcaudsl.sys from your Windows software, etc. Due to the Alcatel license, you must download this yourself - see Alcatel's Site. [root@turing /tmp/speedtouch-dd-mm-yyyy]# ./speedtouchconf.sh ************************************************ * * * speedtouchconf.sh by Steve Parker * * * * http://speedtouchconf.sourceforge.net/ * * based on speedtouch.sourceforge.net project * * * ************************************************ If you have any problems with this script, mail me (steve at steve-parker dot org) with the files /tmp/speedtouch.txt and /var/log/messages for diagnosis. Linux kernel version 2.4 okay. ******************************************* * * * Please select your ISP Settings * * * ******************************************* Country/ISP VPI VCI Belgium, ? 8 35 Denmark, Orang 8 35 France, wanado 8 35 France, ? 8 67 Italy, ? 8 35 Netherlands, ? 8 48 Netherlands 0 35 Poland (NeoStrada) 0 35 UK, Any 0 38 Austria (AON) 8 48 US, BellSouth 8 35 Singapore Pacificnet 0 100 Please type your VPI VCI numbers (eg, 0 38 for UK) 0 38 Please enter your ISP Login ID (eg another@hg1.btinternet.com) <MY_ISP_LOGIN> Please enter your ISP Password <MY_ISP_PASSWORD> Settings: VPI / VCI : 0 / 38 Login : <MY_ISP_LOGIN> Password : <MY_ISP_PASSWORD> Are these correct? (Y/N) y No further user interaction is required. Configuring SpeedTouch Driver... Software Configuration - SUCCESS Building SpeedTouch Driver... Software Build - SUCCESS Installing SpeedTouch Driver... Software Installation - SUCCESS Creating ppp files in /etc/ppp You can ignore any insmod hints here... Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg *** Configuration finished. Starting the connection *** Wed Apr 20 00:25:58 BST 2005 The modem lights should start flashing for approx. 60 seconds... You might see some messages about USBDEVFS_BULK failed - you can ignore this. Wed Apr 20 00:26:44 BST 2005 The lights should both be solid green now. Running : /usr/sbin/pppd call adsl Called pppd - you should see some messages about IP addresses now... Apr 20 00:26:54 turing pppd[5063]: Using interface ppp0 Apr 20 00:26:54 turing pppd[5063]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2 Apr 20 00:26:54 turing pppoa3[5064]: pppoa3 version 1.3.1 started by root (uid 0) Apr 20 00:26:54 turing pppoa3[5064]: Control thread ready Apr 20 00:26:54 turing pppoa3[5064]: host --> pppoa3 --> modem stream ready Apr 20 00:26:54 turing pppoa3[5064]: modem --> pppoa3 --> host stream ready Apr 20 00:26:55 turing /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is already up Apr 20 00:26:59 turing pppd[5063]: local IP address 81.153.13.46 Apr 20 00:26:59 turing pppd[5063]: remote IP address 217.47.204.250 Apr 20 00:26:59 turing pppd[5063]: primary DNS address 194.74.65.68 Apr 20 00:26:59 turing pppd[5063]: secondary DNS address 194.72.9.39 inet addr:81.153.13.46 P-t-P:217.47.204.250 Mask:255.255.255.255 Looks like we're online... ping: unknown host www.google.com Cannot ping www.google.com - trying steve-parker.org by numeric IP Looks like DNS might be iffy ... sorting it out Fixed DNS ... it's working! Configuration finished. Any potential problems are listed below: To automatically dial-in when the PC boots up : /usr/lib/lsb/install_initd speedtouch Do you want to set this up now? (Yes / No) yes init command succeeded You are now connected. There is no need to run this speedtouchconf.sh script again. Congratulations. [root@turing /tmp/speedtouch-dd-mm-yyyy]# ping www.google.com PING www.google.akadns.net (66.102.11.104) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 66.102.11.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=241 time=53.5 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.11.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=241 time=53.9 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.11.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=241 time=52.9 ms 64 bytes from 66.102.11.104: icmp_seq=4 ttl=241 time=53.8 ms --- www.google.akadns.net ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3033ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 52.994/53.575/53.922/0.358 ms root@turing /tmp/speedtouchconf-mm-dd-yyyy# ping www.linux.org PING www.linux.org (198.182.196.56) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from www.linux.org (198.182.196.56): icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=146 ms 64 bytes from www.linux.org (198.182.196.56): icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=154 ms 64 bytes from www.linux.org (198.182.196.56): icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=148 ms --- www.linux.org ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2022ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 146.568/150.046/154.874/3.550 ms root@turing /tmp/speedtouchconf-mm-dd-yyyy# ping speedtouchconf.sourceforge.net PING projects.sourceforge.net (66.35.250.209) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from projects.sourceforge.net (66.35.250.209): icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=189 ms --- projects.sourceforge.net ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 1 received, 80% packet loss, time 4011ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 189.541/189.541/189.541/0.000 ms root@turing /tmp/speedtouchconf-mm-dd-yyyy#
And that's it. If you said "Yes" to the final question, the connection will automatically be started when you switch on the PC.
Otherwise, you can call
/etc/init.d/speedtouch start as root to start the connection on subsequent reboots.If you want to control the connection, see the FAQ article about "How can I start/stop the connection manually?".