Networking :: usb ethernet "dongle"

maybe you could give me an url for the forum. it's not obvious where it is.

I still think dsl-2.1b.iso is the one you want. However, DSL-N is still in Alpha and can be found here:

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-n/

I'm afraid not. I've downloaded and tried it out. Also had a go with kanotex, which does support the usb ethernet converter. This is a shame, as a distro that is great for transforming old and crap machines into something useful I think that this is just the kind of device DSL should support. This PC doesn't even have any pmcia slots, is age circa 1999 and originaly had a 1GB hard drive - cutting edge stuff.

Thanks for your response.

Greenie

It may be just that particular USB/eth adapter because I've found DSL to support other USB adapters that I really hadn't expected it to. Anyway, the later the kernel, the more modern the devices it's likely to support. Kanotix has a 2.6 kernel. DSL-N, which is in Alpha right now, will also have the 2.6 kernel. DSL is really made to support older equipment. When the 2.4 kernel was developed nobody was making a usb/eth dongle yet. Often the manufacturers have proprietatry rights to the drivers for thier hardware and just don't want to release the code for Linux, so somebody has to rip it apart and reverse engineer it. It's not the fault of the DSL developers.

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