[speedtouch] Re: slow speedtouch 330
> I suspect a potential buggy USB chipset that windows copes with better. What > chipset have you got? Please, stop saying the problem comes from the USB chipset. It does not. I've exactly the same problem, and here is what i tested, _w/o any better performance_ : 1. Someone says it is a cable problem, so that i try to change both the adsl filter and the cable which is between the adsl filter and the modem. 2. Someone says it is an USB chipset bug, so that i try to connect using different box, wich have <> USB chipset. 3. I try to use new ppp over ethernet functionnality, it works, but no better performance (still have lot of CRC error while downloading stuff) 4. I try both alcaudsl.sys and mgmt.o 5. I try using sync/async, changing ppp0 MTU, verbose or not, ... NOTHING WORKS ! I can't have better performance than about 20Kbytes/sec. This is annoying, please help ! Thanks for you support. -- Matthieu Foillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tel : 0146090496 - gsm : 0686574170 pgp : 0x1609654F Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Re: slow speedtouch 330
> I suspect a potential buggy USB chipset that windows copes with better. What > chipset have you got? Please, stop saying the problem comes from the USB chipset. It does not. I've exactly the same problem, and here is what i tested, _w/o any better performance_ : 1. Someone says it is a cable problem, so that i try to change both the adsl filter and the cable which is between the adsl filter and the modem. 2. Someone says it is an USB chipset bug, so that i try to connect using different box, wich have <> USB chipset. 3. I try to use new ppp over ethernet functionnality, it works, but no better performance (still have lot of CRC error while downloading stuff) 4. I try both alcaudsl.sys and mgmt.o 5. I try using sync/async, changing ppp0 MTU, verbose or not, ... NOTHING WORKS ! I can't have better performance than about 20Kbytes/sec. This is annoying, please help ! Thanks for you support. -- Matthieu Foillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tel : 0146090496 - gsm : 0686574170 pgp : 0x1609654F Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Re: it works for me with st330
Le Mercredi 22 Janvier 2003 09:34, john cheetham a écrit : > Hello, > > I've just installed the drivers on SuSE 8.0 and they work fine for me. > I used the latest CVS sources and then followed the instructions in the > HOWTO. If you use the latest CVS checkout you don't need to apply the patch > etc. sorry but i just repost since nobody answers : here is what i've tested using the latest CVS source : 1. Someone says it is a cable problem, so that i try to change both the adsl filter and the cable which is between the adsl filter and the modem. 2. Someone says it is an USB chipset bug, so that i try to connect using different box, wich have <> USB chipset. 3. I try to use new ppp over ethernet functionnality, it works, but no better performance (still have lot of CRC error while downloading stuff) 4. I try both alcaudsl.sys and mgmt.o 5. I try using sync/async, changing ppp0 MTU, verbose or not, ... Sure it works but I can't have better performance than about 20Kbytes/sec. I have CRC error when i try to download things, i don't have any while running low-bandwith apps. This is annoying, please help ! Thanks for you support. > > Regards, > > John Cheetham > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > Pour se désinscrire : > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe -- Matthieu Foillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tel : 0146090496 - gsm : 0686574170 pgp : 0x1609654F Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Speedtouch USB 330 - Find a solution
Hi, After spending lot of energy trying to find what's wrong with my speedtouch usb 330, i finally found. At least in my conditions ( w/ my ISP, my modem, my harware ...) i just comment out the software buffering into modem_run.c ( comment out swbuff(fdusb,1); ) Now, my download speed is at 64Kbytes/sec and there is no more CRC error.. It seems that the software buffering code provide by thomson does not work at least for me.. -- Matthieu Foillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tel : 0146090496 - gsm : 0686574170 pgp : 0x1609654F Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Re: it works for me with st330
Le Jeudi 23 Janvier 2003 00:21, Tim Woodall a écrit : > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Matthieu Foillard wrote: > > sorry but i just repost since nobody answers : > > I think it is because nobody knows the answer :-( > > Can you try one of the older versions - try going back to > pppoa3 v1.24 - you will need to then find my patch for the > 330 to apply. > > You can also try going back to 1.23 of modem_run.c > This has the 330 patch applied but not the software buffering. thanks !, the problem comes from the software buffering, now it works fine ! > > See if that makes a difference. > > I am using the old "frog" and I am getting CRC errors if I use > the latest CVS but I don't think it is a bug in the CVS code. I think > it is just that the code is better and more efficient now and my > (buggy - Triton II) usb chipset can't cope. > > I'm not sure about this but I can't see anything obvious and I haven't > got time to investigate further at the moment. > > > Regards, > > Tim. -- Matthieu Foillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tel : 0146090496 - gsm : 0686574170 pgp : 0x1609654F Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Re: SpeedTouch 330 with latest CVS & microcodes (+ about VIA chipset)
Le Monday 27 January 2003 00:28, Favre-Nicolin Vincent a écrit : > Hi all, > >I switched to the ST 330 two weeks ago after my old speedtouch died > on me. I'm accessing internet with wanadoo (france), with a Mandrake 9.0. > The working configuration (at the expected 64 kb/s dl and 16 kb ul) is > finally: - the speedtouch driver with the latest CVS code, without any > modification (i.e. SW buffering _is_ enabled) Edouard Gomez removed the software buffering in the latest CVS source; So that you probably do not use it. > - the alcaudsl.sys microcode from somewhere on the wanadoo cdrom > >Note that I did see the low connection (dl around 8-15 kb/s), with > hundreds of "CRC error in an AAL5 frame" per minute, but only when I used > the mgmt.o microcode... > >So I strongly encourage anyone with lots of CRC errors to stick with the > alcaudsl.sys microcode and the _unmodified_ CVS driver. To me the SW > buffering works, but it may be that it is only suitable with the new > microcode (?), which could explain some of the woes discussed on this list. > >Also note that the very first time I used that combination (CVS driver + > alcaudsl.sys), I think it took some time (20 min ?) for the download speed > to reach the 64 kb/s, so don't just try for a few seconds. (yeah, I know > it's strange and probably wrong, but since I have no idea what trigger > there could be in the microcode & the modem, who knows... It may be that I > had not reinitialized properly the modem (rmmod usb-uhci)) > > >Another (unrelated) note: I'm using a soltek motherboard with a VIA > chipset, so it _is_ possible to use that combination to make the modem > work. However, the trouble about the VIA usb is about the not sufficient > USB _power_ supply, not the usb interface itself. My modem is not > connected directly to the motherboard, but to my screen which works > as a usb hub. >So if you have trouble with a VIA usb connection, just try using a > usb hub, that may help. > > Here are my 0.02¤ ! By the way, kudos to all developpers ! > > Vincent > > PS: modem runs with: > /usr/local/sbin/modem_run -v 0 -m -f /usr/share/speedtouch/alcaudsl.sys > > PPS: my /etc/peers/adsl, in case that may be useful > ### > debug > kdebug 1 > noipdefault > defaultroute > pty "/usr/local/sbin/pppoa3 -m 1 -c -vpi 8 -vci 35" > sync > user "fti/***" > noauth > noaccomp > nopcomp > noccp > novj > holdoff 4 > persist > maxfail 100 > usepeerdns > ### -- Matthieu Foillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tel : 0146090496 - gsm : 0686574170 pgp : 0x1609654F Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] pppoa3 and netfilter
I noticed that pppoa3 eats cpu time (about 4-5%) when i enable some iptables rules and make my connection laggy (e.g. ping the second host in my route is about 500 ms and is 55 ms when i disable flush all rules). Did you noticed somethings similar ? If yes, any solutions u should provide ? Thanks, MF -- Matthieu Foillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tel : 0146090496 - gsm : 0686574170 pgp : 0x1609654F Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Re: pppoa3 and netfilter
Le Wednesday 29 January 2003 10:11, Matthieu Foillard a écrit : > I noticed that pppoa3 eats cpu time (about 4-5%) when i enable some > iptables rules and make my connection laggy (e.g. ping the second host in > my route is about 500 ms and is 55 ms when i disable flush all rules). > Did you noticed somethings similar ? If yes, any solutions u should provide > ? after some test, it seems that the rule which cause this problem is this one : iptables -A FORWARD -i eth+ -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j ACCEPT when i enable it, pppoa3 eats cpu time and connection is slow, like i describe before. > > Thanks, > MF -- Matthieu Foillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tel : 0146090496 - gsm : 0686574170 pgp : 0x1609654F Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Re: Help - Thompson reply for speedtouch tech specs...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le Vendredi 14 Février 2003 10:56, vous avez écrit : > >Just a few words. I'm not involved in the driver development at all, > > but I think that it would be important to insist on the "overall reason" > > first thing, stating that there are many *nix users, and since _they_ > > (thomson) claim that *nix is supported but don't provide a driver, it > > would be well to provide some information. And as the speedtouch.sf.net > > project has been very successfull, they can trust this information will > > be used wisely, etc... I think the first people who will read your email > > will _not_ be technical people, so insisting on the technical details may > > be a mistake. (even if the technical details have to be there too) > > OK, let me just point out that Alcatel did/does provide a driver, written > by Johan Verrept when he was at Alcatel. It is usually referred to as the > kernel mode driver since it uses a kernel module, see > http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/ This kernel module was always open > source, but the program used to upload the firmware (called speedmgmt, > equivalent to modem_run) and the firmware itself is closed source. You > have to download the closed source stuff from Alcatel/Thomson. The kernel > module was slowly bit-rotting since Johan didn't do any work on it in the > last few years. Also it crashed a lot, didn't work with SMP machines, or > with preempt, and didn't work with the speedtouch 330. For me, the need to > use run the closed source speedmgmt program was a big turn off as well. > Interestingly, when you ask Thomson about linux drivers they no longer > point you to the web page for the kernel mode driver, they point you to the > web page for Benoit's user mode driver, the one this mailing list > discusses. > > All that to say that they do/did provide a driver, but they no longer > recommend it themselves! > > Now for an interesting developement: late last year, the kernel mode driver > went into the 2.5 kernel (Richard Purdie submitted it, and Greg > Kroah-Hartman, the USB king, accepted it). In Decembre, Johan Verrept > announced that he no longer wished to be the maintainer of the driver, and > that he was happy for some else to take over the job. I am now the > maintainer of the kernel mode driver. Almost all bugs have been fixed in > the CVS version, so it should now: crash little, work with SMP machines and > preempt (though the kernel's ATM layer has some SMP problems), and work > with the speedtouch 330. Also, there is no longer any need to use the > closed source speedmgmt, since modem_run with the new -k switch does the > job fine. The driver will go into one of the upcoming 2.4 kernels (Greg KH > already suggested this). > > So this means that now even Alcatel's own driver is being entirely > maintained by the open source community with no input from Alcatel's > people. So the least they can do is provide us with some documentation to > smooth off the rough spots! After all, the drivers are being provided at > zero cost to themselves. The speedtouch USB is also at the end of it's > life-cycle (being replaced by the speedtouch 330), so releasing specs for > it should not help their competitors. > > I can see three possibilities: > (1) they refuse to release the specs > (2) they release the specs to a limited group of developers > (3) they release the specs publically. > > Is (2) acceptable? > > All the best, > > Duncan. interesting post. Why do you want the specs ? drivers now works fine and i can't see how specs will help you to improve the existing stuff. The only thing i see is to have full opensource drivers including the microcode. It seems that Ian Molton is working on it. > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > Pour se d�inscrire : > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe - -- Matthieu Foillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tel : 0146090496 - gsm : 0686574170 pgp : 0x1609654F -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+TN9mk3guvBYJZU8RAgI8AKC6Py0IYG6cr4XYkdJ5AMy/peLCbgCfRI7l yBQW6YMD1SkZ1MRFZia/9qs= =On49 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
[speedtouch] Re: where is the documentation for 2.6.x kernels ?
Le lun 26/01/2004 à 16:48, Rakotmandimby Mihamina a écrit : > bonjour , > auriez-vous un peu de documentations pour installer un speedtouch ( la raie > verte ) et / ou un ST 330 ( un modem de couleur bordeaux ) avec le noyau > 2.6.x s'il vous plait ? Ca devrait marcher comme pour un 2.4.x (en tout cas pour le ST330) -- Matthieu Foillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tel : 0146090496 - gsm : 0686574170 pgp : 0x1609654F Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
