Hey everyone,

I am somewhat new to Linux and have been attempting to get my SpeedTouch USB (not the 330) modem to connect to the internet. I have read just about every post dealing with that modem, it's configuration, etc, on this website. I have tried different drivers from sourceforge as well as drivers from other newsgroups. I have tried speedtouchconf, I have read all of the recommended HOWTOs. I think you get the idea. Unfortunatly, I'm still having a problem..

I can successfully load the firmware into the modem and I can even dial and get feedback; however, I can't seem to surf the internet, log on to AIM, or even ping a website.

Here are the contents of my required files:

ppp options
-----------
lock
noipdefault
persist
noauth
usepeerdns
defaultroute


ppp adsl
-----------
noauth
noipdefault
pty "/usr/sbin/pppoa3 -e 1 -c -vpi 8 -vci 35"
sync
kdebug 1
noaccomp
nopcomp
noccp
novj
holdoff 4
maxfail 25
persist
usepeerdns
defaultroute
user "myusername@bellsouth.net"

ppp chap-secrets
----------------
# Secrets for authentication using CHAP
# client server secret IP addresses
"myusername@bellsouth.net"
ppp0 "my.pass"

ppp pap-secrets
----------------
# Secrets for authentication using PAP
# client server secret IP addresses
"myusername"
ppp0
"my.pass"


I've seen this in my var/log/messages file:
LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests

But I fixed that problem, then this happened...
This is the information from ifconfig on my ppp0 interface after I've loaded the firmware and dialed...
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:68.155.220.8 P-t-P:68.155.220.1 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:1028 (1.0 Kb) TX bytes:54 (54.0 b)


I'm sick of dealing with this. I don't want to revert to Windows but if I can't get on the internet with my Linux box, I might as well...

Does anyone out there know what to do?!

I am having problems with this device as well. I am also running mandrake with the speed-touch. I found a help screen where someone said he did it from install. Put the firmware and a disk. When installing don't auto-detect Network. install Adsl before installing Network. He said it had Mandrake gets confused and will not let you mount on ppp0, this is my problem.

Keep Me posted if you come right.

Will

Is the sequence following correct ?
- reinstall mandrake,
- During installation choose only adsl when detecting network,
(- when is the firware on a disk used ?)
- After installation, install network card with DrakeConnect

Is that right ?