Got a BT Voyager 100 adsl USB modem - yeah, I know they [USB/ADSL] suck from all the Googling I've read - but I'm not doing too bad....

I have installed the eciadsl driver, ran the config, obtained the DNS addresses, installed a pppoe 'helper' but am having trouble getting the modem 'found' when running 'startmodem' or 'adsl-start'.

The modem has power and I have found it under the 'Hardware Browser'. If it is unplugged/replaced it shows up in the System Log. The Modem info is found under /proc/bus/usb [subsection] 'devices'. If I type 'mtab' it is listed as usbfs.

Do I have to 'mount' it under a /dev? If so, what one? In the pppoe installer it asks me for a pathname for the modem, for which I entered the /proc/bus/usb/usbfs. Dont know if this is right.

Any ideas would be much appreciated!

PS, am very new so be kind

not being rude,
If i were you,
buy a proper ADSL modem/router.
They are around £50 and a great investment.

They just work

Yeah *sighs* kind of come to that conclusion myself. But came so close, modem just(!) needs the correct synch.bin....

Was looking at the ADSL routers, £50 you say?

Now where's that can of petrol and some matches...

Honestly, you won't regret it.
Don't waste your effort on a crap piece of hardware.
They freeze and drop out even on Windoze I hear.
Why do you think they give the buggers away?!?!?!


I got a Linksys.
It's a ADSL modem/router with wireless card slot (only 11b).
Dabs bundled it with a free PCMCIA wireless card. Which I thought was
because it's a naff-ish unfashionable device.

It turns out it was an excellent decision. I've got wireless if i want it - like
any wireless router, but if i don't need the wireless I just whip
the card out and no war-drivers can snoop! Brilliant!
A normal wireless router you'd need to (I imagine) go in and configure it off.
(i could be wrong of course)

4 ports too so you can network.

It's been good as gold.
Great kit. Never failed.