Re: ADSL connection & Telstra Australia

> From: Yann Cochard <[email protected]>
> To: "Liste debian-knoppix" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [debian-knoppix] ADSL connection & Telstra Australia
> Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:27:26 +0200
> 
> Le Samedi 24 Avril 2004 13:34, Hank J. Doll a écrit :
> 
>>Hi Yann
>>
>>The modem is an Alcatal "Speed Touch HOME" on ethernet.  The country
>>Australia, the setup works fine on this computer via Win 98SE (the same way
>>it was originally setup when I first connected to Telstra's ADSL)  The ISP
>>is very pro M$$$, and doen't supply any support for Linux (their latest
>>install CD even sets up Outlook).
>>
>>I was hoping to meet someone who had gone through the exercise, but of
>>course I'm happy with all help.
> 
> 
> You can try this script :
> http://joday.free.fr/archives/speedtouch/speedtouchlive-0.1.tar.bz2
> It works with this modem, in live-cd mode. It has been tested in France, you 
> may have to change some parameters for Australia, such as VCI and VPI.
> 
> Yann
Well this script is usefull for Speedtouch USB not ethernet ;)

A little tips in order to solve your problem:
- open a shell as root that you let open and type this command to see log:
	tail -f /var/log/messages

You can also open another with /var/log/syslog but messages are often 
the same.

JoDaY