Finally got it working with the help from the guys at http://speedtouchconf.sourceforge.net and Steve Parker at http://steve-parker.org/sh/speedtouchconf.shtml. So far so good, after a week it's still working :)

getting everything sorted was hard work as my native os is windows; bounced off the learning curve a couple of times but learned a lot in the process... for noobs every where who are having trouble with this modem, the links above will prove invaluable (well, they did to me). Plenty more links on those sites for more references...

I use it since kernel 2.4.2x and it works fine.

With kernel 2.4.x I used the module driver (as stated above), with kernel 2.6.x I use kernel driver (modem_run has -k option).

I have a 1024k/256k aDSL line and it works like a charm.

The only "not so fine" thing is that I have to tell "sleep 20" after launching "modem_run -k -f /path/to/my/firmware", so that "pppd call adsl" works.

My bootup is a bit slow then, since these three commands are in /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot.

Just download the tarball from speedtouch.sourceforge.net, follow the
howto to the letter and it works great.

Had a hell of a time using the speedtouchconf script, never got it to work. Finally found the kernel space driver and used that by following the howto, not using the speedbundle. If all the bundle auto stuff fails, learn how they work and do it yourself, its actually pretty easy!

Oh and i never got it to work under mandrake 9.2, thats why i switched to slack. I haven't looked back since!

It works great.
First time I installed it (in RedHat) it was like hell.
But now in gentoo, it only took 5 minutes. (more than a year more experience)

I only think that it takes long to load up the firmware...

have had loads of problems trying to get my Alcatel Speedtouch usb modem working through Linux.

First off I tryed the modem installation wizard but when i tryed to select the hardware the only device present was my ethernet card (realtrek etc)

i then ran the idots guide and the shell script, (from the links in earlyer posts) initially this seemed to work, my modem lights flashed and the rest,
however i said that a conection was made but there was a DNS error, i have no idea why, or how to fix it,
can anyone offer me any advice to fix this problem???????????
any segestions will be appreciated!!!!!

David Moses

Works perfect with drivers from 'speedtouch.sourceforge.net'.
Get the package (I use 1.3.1) and firmware, run the script, answer questions.
ready to go.

You can use this modem with Suse 9.2 Pro 64 bit using the method described here:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/speedtouch/speedtouch/doc-linux/howto/SpeedTouch-HOWTO-en.html?rev=1.3

The links to the drivers are in that document too.

You can skip the Kernel Configuration section.

Bye

Koen Plessers

I spent ages trying to get this to work with the 2.4 kernel in MEPIS, the script kept freezing, and it would not budge. However, following the instructions on http://speedtouchconf.sourceforge.net on the 2.6 kernel it worked a charm. It runs at full speed (2.2 MB/Sec!!!) and hasn't failed yet. I do get a seemingly harmless error message saying that something or another failed, but it still works :)

Mandriva 2007 Free: not automatically recognized. You need a freely available rpm.
Mandriva 2007 Spring One KDE: automatically recognized.