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In article <OsRxF6COb3j7Ewf9@tcs02.demon.co.uk>, "Martin Liddle"
<martin@tcs02.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <999251274.19179.0.nnrp-10.c29fde5a@news.demon.co.uk>, Stu
> Carter <stu@mini.demon.co.uk> writes
>>Does anyone here have experience of using Demon/BT's ADSL modem on a
>>Linux box?
>>
>>I currently have a Linux router connected to a 56k modem, but would like
>>a permanent connection which doesn't hog a phone line.
>>
>>I thought that ADSL would be my best bet (don't trust those cable
>>companies one inch), but Demon's site says that one needs Windows to use
>>their modem.
>>
>>A quick web search turned up that the makers of the BT ADSL modem may
>>release open-source drivers for Linux.
>>
>>Anyone know if this has happened? Anyone using it in real life right
>>now?
>>
> Yes it happened and I am aware of lots of people using them:
> unfortunately I have no personal experience with them.  I have taken the
> liberty of cross posting this reply to uk.comp.os.linux where the
> experts live.

No problems using the USB ADSL modem on a firewall Pentium 133 / 80M RAM
running Mandrake 8.0 - note that there is an "official" Linux driver from
Alcatel (which runs in kernel space and needs a custom kernel
recompilation I think, and is apparently a bit of a pain), and an
"unofficial" driver written by a nice French chap called Benoit, which
runs in user-space, is easy to install and works a real treat. (To find
it, just google for benoit adsl). Indeed, so easy was it to install that I
had it all preconfigured ready for when Mr BT arrived with the modem, and
had it plugged in and working within a minute of him passing control to
me. He looked faintly fazed, hadn't seen anyone use Linux before.

To hear lots more, go to www.adslguide.org.uk and visit the Linux forum.
(You may even decide to use another ISP!)