Well,
At least that's something. Though the "support" was broken under 8.2 as well i.e. it worked (apparently) under 8.1, then when 8.2 was released, it didn't but there was a work around (which is when I started using mandrake).
Ive just had a mega look around and the post that I used to get my one up and running (mine was the one that looked like a "turquoise cow shit" - the original version, but I understand that it the work around also worked with the later models like the 330.
It looks like [they] have updated the info on getting it working you will have to read it carefully and follow the steps that are found
here, these doc's are a lot newer and more refined than when I first had to get mine configured.
It just depends whether you are like me as to whether you want, and I mean want to get the modem working, or whether you would "through some money at the problem".
Because, as far as I can see, you've got 3 choices, (1)follow the above link, you should learn some stuff but follow the instructions meticulously,
or (2) you could revert to mandrake 9.1, in which case, you SHOULD ONLY have to get the microcode i.e. the mgmt.o file or rename the alcaudsl.sys file after copying from windows to disc - that should get you connected
or (3) money dependant, you could do what I did. To explain, it used to really piss me off having to wait for my connection during the reboot between windows and mandrake - all that modem reinitialisation shit and so on. I also ended up havin a strange problem - it would fail to connect and I would get log information to say the error was to do with line 150 of the speedtouch.sh (the speedtouch shell script) it would tell me xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx command not found - I couldn't find a proper solution (i found one on the mandrake cooker mailing list, but it didn't work) and the only way out was to re-install the whole OS.
So I got one of
these (actually I got the SAR110 which was the predecessor to the 130 model). I found it was a severe STROKE of F*****G GENIOUS. You plug the thing in, between the wall plug and the pc (you will need a network card inside the pc - about a tenner from pcworld) install the software in windows and do the config - the user guide was very helpful, but they even have their own
forums set up (though the assistance that I got via phone on one occassion was mega helpful). Once you have the thing configure for windows, you just boot back into mandrake and run the drakconnect wizard telling it to configure it as a LAN and use the same IP address that you selected with windows (you could choose another if you want as long as it's in the "range") and you're away. I haven't checked the spec on the 130 model, but as it's more up to date than my 110, I presume it's better (it's definitely cheaper).
You can set it up to act as your firewall, so you don't have any concerns about the connection staying up and shit like that, or if like I've got now, you need more ports (I've still got just the 1 pc, but I got a second hand networked laser printer from a mate of mine so I had to get a hub (it's cheaper to get the hub with the modem/router). But connection problems, what connection problems.
Honestly, if you can stretch to the £50 I seriously recommend you think about this. No only are things as simple as above, but when it comes to trying different distro's, you just use the "LAN configuration" and you're connected. Linux seems to work so much better with ethernet, than having the potential of hassle that you can get with USB.
So, it's up to you.
regards
John
p.s. sorry I couldn't hang around this morning to try to assist further, but I couldn't see to type straight
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