Onetel FDX310 and Linux

greetings from edinburgh,

i have onetel broadband, using a Fujitsu FDX310 USB ADSL WAN modem.
however, there is no way to get it working under Linux. i've tried the
eciadsl site but no success. onetel doesn't seem to have a clue. is
there anyone out there that knows a little bit about this?

also, unrelated question. i'm trying to do a tcpdump on the modem.
however, it seems that WinPCap and PPP don't get along in winXP.
anyone out there with a similar situation?

cheers,

gabriel

Gabriel Florit <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> greetings from edinburgh,
>
> i have onetel broadband, using a Fujitsu FDX310 USB ADSL WAN modem.
> however, there is no way to get it working under Linux. i've tried the
> eciadsl site but no success. onetel doesn't seem to have a clue. is
> there anyone out there that knows a little bit about this?

IMO, get an ethernet ADSL rotuer, and an ethernet card, and it'll
just work.

Not extremely expensive either, and you can always ebay the USB deviec.

On 30 Apr 2004 08:56:11 -0700 and in article
<(E-Mail Removed)> , Gabriel Florit said...
: i have onetel broadband, using a Fujitsu FDX310 USB ADSL WAN modem.
: however, there is no way to get it working under Linux. i've tried the
: eciadsl site but no success. onetel doesn't seem to have a clue. is
: there anyone out there that knows a little bit about this?
:
: also, unrelated question. i'm trying to do a tcpdump on the modem.
: however, it seems that WinPCap and PPP don't get along in winXP.
: anyone out there with a similar situation?
:
Hmm, I would use an old PC - install http://www.ipcop.org/ on it. Then
plug your USB modem in and allow IPCOP to act as a router (well, it is
essentially to your other Linux PC via ethernet.

That's what my friend does with his alcatel frog, works perfectly.
--
chris

chris <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On 30 Apr 2004 08:56:11 -0700 and in article
> <(E-Mail Removed)> , Gabriel Florit said...
> : i have onetel broadband, using a Fujitsu FDX310 USB ADSL WAN modem.
> : however, there is no way to get it working under Linux. i've tried the
> : eciadsl site but no success. onetel doesn't seem to have a clue. is
> : there anyone out there that knows a little bit about this?
> :
> : also, unrelated question. i'm trying to do a tcpdump on the modem.
> : however, it seems that WinPCap and PPP don't get along in winXP.
> : anyone out there with a similar situation?
> :
> Hmm, I would use an old PC - install http://www.ipcop.org/ on it. Then
> plug your USB modem in and allow IPCOP to act as a router (well, it is
> essentially to your other Linux PC via ethernet.

Unless you have other uses for the PC, the electricity savings of a boxed
router will pay for this in a few months to a year for the low-end.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:23:23 GMT and in article <vQwkc.36369$h44.5404726
@stones.force9.net>, Ian Stirling said...
: chris <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: > On 30 Apr 2004 08:56:11 -0700 and in article
: > <(E-Mail Removed)> , Gabriel Florit said...
: > : i have onetel broadband, using a Fujitsu FDX310 USB ADSL WAN modem.
: > : however, there is no way to get it working under Linux. i've tried the
: > : eciadsl site but no success. onetel doesn't seem to have a clue. is
: > : there anyone out there that knows a little bit about this?
: > :
: > : also, unrelated question. i'm trying to do a tcpdump on the modem.
: > : however, it seems that WinPCap and PPP don't get along in winXP.
: > : anyone out there with a similar situation?
: > :
: > Hmm, I would use an old PC - install http://www.ipcop.org/ on it. Then
: > plug your USB modem in and allow IPCOP to act as a router (well, it is
: > essentially to your other Linux PC via ethernet.
:
: Unless you have other uses for the PC, the electricity savings of a boxed
: router will pay for this in a few months to a year for the low-end.
:
Why would a router consume less power that an old PC doing very little?
Not debating, just interested why you think this?

--
chris

chris <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:23:23 GMT and in article <vQwkc.36369$h44.5404726
> @stones.force9.net>, Ian Stirling said...
> : chris <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> : > On 30 Apr 2004 08:56:11 -0700 and in article
> : > <(E-Mail Removed)> , Gabriel Florit said...
<snip>
> : > Hmm, I would use an old PC - install http://www.ipcop.org/ on it. Then
> : > plug your USB modem in and allow IPCOP to act as a router (well, it is
> : > essentially to your other Linux PC via ethernet.
> :
> : Unless you have other uses for the PC, the electricity savings of a boxed
> : router will pay for this in a few months to a year for the low-end.
> :
> Why would a router consume less power that an old PC doing very little?
> Not debating, just interested why you think this?

Because it does.

An "old PC" will probably use around 30-40W of power, when not in
standby, sitting nearly idle running a firewall.

I've measured several, and they all come in more or less this figure, when
not doing much, with monitor off.

I had occasion to run my ADSL router off batteries (powercut, and wanted
to check ebay) and using a DMM, it draws around 3W.

(the power brick is rated at 10VA, and runs stone-cold, so this seems
reasonable.)

35W of power * 24 hours = .84 units = 306 units/year, at 8p/unit = 24 quid.

It's not unreasonable to expect that it'll stay in place for 3 years,
so you would have easiliy recovered the cost of even a more expensive
router. (assuming you'r not heating with peak electricity).

This is also the reason why if you'r running complex computations, and
paying for the electricity, it's generally not worth using even free
computers, unless they are relatively new, as the electricity ends up
costing more than a new one.

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:23:23 GMT, in uk.telecom.broadband Ian Stirling
<(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:

>Unless you have other uses for the PC

You mean the IPCop box? If you're going to use it for other things it
kind of defeats the object of setting up a secure standalone firewall.
--

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)> , Gabriel
Florit said......

> greetings from edinburgh,
>
> i have onetel broadband, using a Fujitsu FDX310 USB ADSL WAN modem.
> however, there is no way to get it working under Linux. i've tried the
> eciadsl site but no success. onetel doesn't seem to have a clue. is
> there anyone out there that knows a little bit about this?
>
Drivers are here:
http://dsl-linux.tripod.com/index/

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Mugwump

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