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Topic: Internet?, Sympatico DSL modem through USB?

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doobit

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Posted: April 20 2006,13:43

OK, I did a little research, and my best recommendation is for you to use the ethernet port on that modem. Ethernet cards can be had for less than $10 on ebay or maybe you can even get a used one at your local computer store.

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Calabero

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Posted: April 20 2006,13:44

alright....sounds good to me...thanks for all your help

JFCaron

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Posted: April 20 2006,19:48

Quote (Calabero @ April 20 2006,09:29)

umm......"SpeedStream 5200 ASDL Modem"

Hi,

I'm also new to linux and to DSL 2.3 as well.

I have somewhat the same problem, I can't get to the Internet.

I have the same modem, Speedstream 5200 from Sympatico. I have an ethernet card that is recognized by DLS while booting.

I get this message when I "pon" in Aterm.

SIOCSIFFLAG: permission denied
/usr/sbin/pppd: can't open option file /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider: permission denied

Anybody has a suggestion?

Thanks

doobit

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Posted: April 20 2006,20:09

Yes. After you plug in the modem to the ethernet card, you should be able to use DHCP to connect to the internet through the modem because it is also a router with a DHCP server according to the documentation. If your ISP assigns a password then you may need to use set a network username and password. You do that through the administrative screens that you get when you type http://speedstream in a browser. You may need to setup either an ethernet bridge, if you have another router, and/or a PPP connection if that's the protocal that your ISP uses.

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