Has anyone got DSL working with a USB modem?

abartlet at dp.samba.org abartlet at dp.samba.org
Thu Sep 5 23:03:13 EST 2002


On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 10:38:07PM +1000, Doug ABERDEEN wrote:
> Hi Clug'ers,
> 
> I'm getting my brother into Linux. He's a convert with one caveat.  He
> wants to set up linux for DSL access but he doesn't have an ethernet
> card.  He has a Telstra provided DSL modem that plugs into a
> ethernet-to-USB converter, then into his computer.

Is that 'ethernet-to-usb' converter just a network card on a wire?  Or some
custom device?

USB -> Ethernet is pretty standard, and there are drivers.

Andrew Bartlett



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