Hi everyone :^)

I am new to slackware & I really like it. Recently I switched over to slackware frm ubuntu. Now my problem is configuring Inetrnet in slackware 12.1
I have zte zxdsl 831 modem. My network was not detected in windows so I used usb port for connection.Its wokin well in windows but in slackware its not working et all I tried few commands and its output is as shown below:

ifconfig

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

ifconfig eth0 up
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

dmesg|grep eth
Driver 'st' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods

grep -i cdc /usr/src/linux/.config
CONFIG_USB_NET_CDCETHER=m
CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_SUBSET=m

modprobe cdcether
FATAL: Module cdcether not found.

I also did netconfig and configured my settings but it din help

Please help me as I want to access net as fast as possible in my slackware...

/* About network card: Its realtek 8139 I installed drivers in windows and also did modprobe 8139too but nothin really happend ie it was not detected */
/* Since I had no net in ubuntu this problem din come there */

Hi. I want to help you but I need output of lsusb and dmesg | grep -i usb.

THANKS FOR LIGHTNING FAST REPLY


lsusb

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04f3:0216 Elan Microelectronics Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0915:0005 GlobeSpan, Inc. LAN Modem
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000


dmesg |grep -i usb

usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
usbmon: debugfs is not available
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
ohci_hcd: 2006 August 04 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 3-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
input: USB Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input1
input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [USB Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver

Sorry, but this is not a dialup modem as I don't see it in dmesg. I am afraid I cannot help you. You might check this either in Modem-Howto or PPP-Howto.

OK you have a zyxel DSL Modem connected to your USB port. To work on Windows you had to have a zyxel usb driver. You now need a zuyxel driver for Linux, or, you need to use an ethernet cable to connect make the connection via your network interface card.
if it were me I would go for the ethernet cable. Faster and more reliable,

Thank You guys for replying.
Its woking now I had turned off my onboard network card in BIOS. /* yeah I know its complete idiotic */
After that I typed following commands
netconfig
ifconfig eth0
dhcpcd eth0
net got hooked up in slackware

Sorry for wastring your time :-)