Suse 10 Modem Problem
 

Hello, Im new here so quick intro: My name is sam, just switched from XP to Suse 10. That quick enough? :p lol.

Anyway, to the point, i recently decided to Cross/Upgrade from XP to Linux. I installed a modem (Sagem fast 800) today, but whenever i run the ./startadsl my modem resets itself. It is continuing to do this every 2 minutes or so.

Anybody know a way around this?

Regards,
Sam.

The drivers on the cd are quite old. Visit http://www.eagle-usb.org/ and download the drivers 2.3.2.

Extract in your home folder the file and follow the installation guide step by step it's pretty easy.

After that you can use the follow commands

(as root)

#eaglestat
gives status for modem it will probably say to load the drivers to modem

#eaglediag -w -d
will load the drivers to the modem you will see it blinking unitl both leds will be on

and at last the magic command
#startadsl
don't use ./startadsl because ./ executes a script locally in the folder you are and since you installed it you can use it in every directory you are


At the installation watch if at ./configure
it tells you that a previous version has been found
then you must run
#make uninstall
before
#make


If it still don't work check if you can borrow a usb hub with external power supply to use it with the modem. It is known that dsl modems do require enough power and if you have many peripherals and a weak power supply (like 250W) it would be wise to check it.

If it still don't work then just reply and we will se what we can check also.
I just had a big problem with the same modem and I really don't want to happen to anyone else. Although the solutino was simple(no, not to buy another one).

Thanks for the reply. I was browsing the web last night, and according to lots of people the Sagem Fast is a rebel when it comes to linux and it's easier to buy a new one... So today i went out and bought a Linksys Modem Router (WAG354G).

Just searching for the linux drivers now, found a GPL Source Code for WAG354G... Hope i can use that to install it on the linux machine.

Thanks for the reply :)

Regards.

Hi all
Just to say I use the Sagem Fast 800 modem for many years now without any kind of problems under Linux. I was using the eagle-usb 2.3.2 driver and now the new ueagle-atm module integrated in the 2.6.16 kernel.
There is no modem rebellion for me.

the same for me and ofcourse with the new driver you can configure it through
YaST2 and launch it from any user via KInternet, easy at last.
But if someone can afford to buy a dsl router it would be better
for using it through a p2p network or with torrents due to
the multiple ports it can handle stable and many other things.