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by **reclus** » Fri, 06 May 2005 06:14:10

hi,

i recently purchased a D-link ADSL modem , model is DSL-302T. does any
of linux distro support this modem. i have mandrake linux running on my
pc, it couldnt find any modem when i connected my modem through USB. so
i would like to know if there is any other linux distribution that
supports this modem.

thanks in advance

by **reclus** » Fri, 06 May 2005 06:14:18

hi,

i recently purchased a D-link ADSL modem , model is DSL-302T. does any
of linux distro support this modem. i have mandrake linux running on my
pc, it couldnt find any modem when i connected my modem through USB. so
i would like to know if there is any other linux distribution that
supports this modem.

thanks in advance

by **Rich Piotrowsk** » Fri, 06 May 2005 23:50:01

> hi,

> i recently purchased a D-link ADSL modem , model is DSL-302T. does any
> of linux distro support this modem. i have mandrake linux running on my
> pc, it couldnt find any modem when i connected my modem through USB. so
> i would like to know if there is any other linux distribution that
> supports this modem.

> thanks in advance

Short answer. Is there a reason that you must use the USB port? Stop the
pain right now and use the ethernet port. USB networking should be
considered a dead last resort.

Rich Piotrowski
--
"Now are you talking about what it is you know
or just repeating what it was you heard."
Grace Slick
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by **reclus** » Sat, 07 May 2005 07:51:32

thnaks for the reply rich, the machine i use is a single user machine,
since i had never connected this to a network i never had a network
card.. so if i get a network card and then connect my modem to the
ethernet port do you think it will work fine??

by **General Schvantzkop** » Sat, 07 May 2005 08:03:33

> thnaks for the reply rich, the machine i use is a single user machine,
> since i had never connected this to a network i never had a network
> card.. so if i get a network card and then connect my modem to the
> ethernet port do you think it will work fine??

It should. However you really should use a router when you connect to the
Internet. Get an ethernet card and a router. The router is guaranteed to
be able to handle your ADSL connection. Talking to the router from your
Linux box over ethernet is also guaranteed to work.

by **reclus** » Sat, 07 May 2005 16:50:13

thanks. i will try that now.

by **faeychil** » Sat, 07 May 2005 16:53:12

> hi,

> i recently purchased a D-link ADSL modem , model is DSL-302T. does any
> of linux distro support this modem. i have mandrake linux running on my
> pc, it couldnt find any modem when i connected my modem through USB. so
> i would like to know if there is any other linux distribution that
> supports this modem.

> thanks in advance

I think you need a driver for USB. If the modem has an ethernet port use
it instead. An NIC card is easy to setup in Linux; It supports pretty
much all of them.
--
faeychild

by **John-Paul Stewar** » Sat, 07 May 2005 23:42:45

>>thnaks for the reply rich, the machine i use is a single user machine,
>>since i had never connected this to a network i never had a network
>>card.. so if i get a network card and then connect my modem to the
>>ethernet port do you think it will work fine??

> It should. However you really should use a router when you connect to the
> Internet. Get an ethernet card and a router. The router is guaranteed to
> be able to handle your ADSL connection. Talking to the router from your
> Linux box over ethernet is also guaranteed to work.

Same applies to DSL "modems" over Ethernet. It'll just work. IMHO
there's really no need for a router when there's only one computer
involved, provided that the user has a properly configured firewall on
the Linux box.

by **General Schvantzkop** » Sun, 08 May 2005 03:30:48

>>>thnaks for the reply rich, the machine i use is a single user machine,
>>>since i had never connected this to a network i never had a network
>>>card.. so if i get a network card and then connect my modem to the
>>>ethernet port do you think it will work fine??

>> It should. However you really should use a router when you connect to the
>> Internet. Get an ethernet card and a router. The router is guaranteed to
>> be able to handle your ADSL connection. Talking to the router from your
>> Linux box over ethernet is also guaranteed to work.

> Same applies to DSL "modems" over Ethernet. It'll just work. IMHO
> there's really no need for a router when there's only one computer
> involved, provided that the user has a properly configured firewall on
> the Linux box.

My reason for recommending a router even for a single computer system is
that I think it's a good idea to run your firewall on a separate box. That
way if there is a bug that could lead to a buffer overflow exploit it
doesn't immediately leave the attacker in control of your box. Routers are
also incredibly easy to configure, they all use nice and simple browser
interfaces. They also act as a firewall to the clueless support people at
your ISP. If you use the word Linux to them they'll crawl up into the
fetal position and start sucking their thumbs. If you use the word Linksys
they'll be happy. Finally routers are dirt cheap, the wireless ones are
around $75, the basic ones are under $50 (a colleague of mine found one at
Staples for $10).

by **Giovann** » Sun, 08 May 2005 16:41:09

Quote:> Same applies to DSL "modems" over Ethernet. It'll just work. IMHO
> there's really no need for a router when there's only one computer
> involved, provided that the user has a properly configured firewall on
> the Linux box.

When I bought my Netgear DG834Gv2 router I was afraid to retire an old
486 box where I setup my firewall.

But, to my surpise, the router is a Linux box with kernel 2.4.x,
iptables and a very nice web interface that make very easy the setup.

Ciao
Giovanni
--
A computer is like an air conditioner,
it stops working when you open Windows.
Registered Linux user #337974 <http://counter.li.org/>

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