Re: [ubuntu-uk] how to set up a dial up connection
Farran Lee wrote: sorry, an extra bit I forgot to mention - it is a BT DSL modem, using broadband, but the computer DIALS UP to the connection. Hi Farran, Appologies if you've already fixed it, I've been away a week and I'm playing catchup with my e-mails. Anyway, if the modem is a BT Voyager 105 USB modem as provided by AOL and a couple of other ISPs then maybe this might help... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=140010 If it's a Thompson/Alcatel SpeedTouch 330 USB modem then this might possibly help (bit out dated but it's worth a look): http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/17403 Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] how to set up a dial up connection
Sean Miller wrote: On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Farran Lee fazzy.bab...@ntlworld.com wrote: sorry, an extra bit I forgot to mention - it is a BT DSL modem, using broadband, but the computer DIALS UP to the connection. It doesn't actually. It's just that Windows displays it as a Dial Up Networking Connection. Doesn't dial up at all -- it's ADSL. It's just semantics of labelling really. In Windows, you'd create a DUN connection where you have to manually sign in using a connected physical modem or virtual device (e.g. VPN). The only real difference between dialup and broadband (the speed aside) is that with the type of ADSL most common in the UK, the line is always up (ATM session created) when the modem is connected and on, both still have to auth using PPP to get an IP. I'd agree with Matt Jones, buy a wireless ADSL2+ router/switch and plug the machines in using Ethernet cables or WiFi as appropriate - a decent Netgear or Zyxel can be gotten at reasonable prices from scan.co.uk, ebuyer.com, broadbandbuyer.co.uk et al. Makes it easier to use multiple machines/devices (desktops, laptops, wifi-enabled phones, etc), and an ADSL2+ router means you can still use it with ADSL1 providers like BT, and migrate to ADSL2+ providers who use the BT Wholesale/BT 21CN platform without having to find new hardware. -n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] how to set up a dial up connection
hi everyone just wondered if you would be able to help me out a bit. I've promised to help a friend with her new ubuntu machine, but her family use dial up broadband. I'm revising a lot at the moment because of my GCSEs over the next 3 weeks, so I hoped that perhaps a couple of you had a bit more spare time than me to look it up? Thank you very much. Sorry to have to tell you ALL the periphery information, but some people find it hard to accept a 16 year old boy in the middle of exams asking for help, so I thought I would make it clear why the hell I would ask for help on a mailing list intended to help people. Again, thank you all. -- Farran Lee fazzy.bab...@ntlworld.com I'm only 16 :P -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] how to set up a dial up connection
On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 20:04 +0100, Farran Lee wrote: hi everyone just wondered if you would be able to help me out a bit. I've promised to help a friend with her new ubuntu machine, but her family use dial up broadband. I'm revising a lot at the moment because of my GCSEs over the next 3 weeks, so I hoped that perhaps a couple of you had a bit more spare time than me to look it up? Thank you very much. Sorry to have to tell you ALL the periphery information, but some people find it hard to accept a 16 year old boy in the middle of exams asking for help, so I thought I would make it clear why the hell I would ask for help on a mailing list intended to help people. Again, thank you all. -- Farran Lee fazzy.bab...@ntlworld.com I'm only 16 :P sorry, an extra bit I forgot to mention - it is a BT DSL modem, using broadband, but the computer DIALS UP to the connection. -- Farran Lee fazzy.bab...@ntlworld.com I'm only 16 :P -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] how to set up a dial up connection
I would really recommend a router, a wired one is cheap, and will give a better and more stable connection that the modem. There appears to be some info here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsbAdslModem/EciAdsl but it is quite old. I know my sagem one didn't work at all when I tried it. Matt. On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote: On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Farran Lee fazzy.bab...@ntlworld.com wrote: sorry, an extra bit I forgot to mention - it is a BT DSL modem, using broadband, but the computer DIALS UP to the connection. It doesn't actually. It's just that Windows displays it as a Dial Up Networking Connection. Doesn't dial up at all -- it's ADSL. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
