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Old 07-01-2003, 06:51 AM   #1
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Mandrake 9.1 freezing after installation Speedtouch USB ADSL modem


Hi, Since I have succesfuly installed my Speedtouch USB ADSL modem (BT Openworld) the system freezes randomly, sometimes after 2 hours, sometimes after 24 hours.
It just litterly freezers, as in can not move mouse anymore etc. After a restart it works fine again. Any idea what this can be?

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Old 07-01-2003, 07:38 AM   #2
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There are several possibilities to solve your problem.

It happens that I work for Alcatel Thomson (the ones who make these crappy usb modems but also the good modem/routers).

Linux support is not really existent (like most of the times persons interested in linux provide support).

About Mandrake I am not sure but under Red Hat I know it works as well as under other distributions.

If you have the chance I woulde advise you to try the modem out on a Windows PC cause there is the possibility of this modem being faulty (the ST USB and the ST 330 are known to just stop working).

Still not working and not faulty ? Please provide some more info.
 
Old 07-01-2003, 07:43 AM   #3
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Thanks for your reply.

The modem works fine - under windows, and under linux.
After I installed drivers for the modem i started to have problems, as described above, linux randomly freezes. I do not think it is a hardware problem although I can be wrong. Just wonder if it can be anything else, or if someone experience(d) the same problem as I have. It could be related to something else ofcourse.
 
Old 07-02-2003, 07:58 AM   #4
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Old 07-02-2003, 09:44 AM   #5
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Mine used to do that, so I got shot of it and replaced it with a router modem and NIC card.

The NIC is a "pcworld" £10 cheapie - works perfectly and the modem router is a SAR110 which has been an excellent buy.

Before I got it, I looked round the adsl guide and the SAR110 seemed to be ideal.

I didn't really know a thing about networks and so on, so I just plugged it up, called Solwise, and one of the blokes from their tech dept talked me through the config (he even "schpielled" the IP address numbers out to me off the top of his head). I then booted it into my mandrake install and he did the same, it took all of 10 minutes.

I haven't bothered to look back. I will say that the "freezes" and the wait for the speedtouch to reinitialise between where what drove me away from it, apart from that, it was fine.

regards

John

Last edited by bigjohn; 07-02-2003 at 09:50 AM.
 
  


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