smartAX MT841

Hi all,

Configuring ADSL connection with SmartAX MT841 modem

My friend is having a ADSL connection with huawei modem SmartAX MT841
,connected to his PC via a USB cable.The accompanying CD contains a USB
linux driver and instructions for redhat 8

The instructions are as follows
1) Log in as root
2) Cd /usr/src
3) Copy orginal codes to /root/MT841
4) Make clean
5) Make all
6)
add alias eth1 CDCEther to /etc/modules.conf
7) modify /etc/modules.conf
vi /etc/modules.conf with:
"pre-install CDCEther modprobe -a ABC XYZ" where ABC is the 1st
n/w driver and XYZ is the 2nd n/w driver
8) copy CDCEther.o to /lib/modules/2.4.x/kernel/drivers/usb
9) reboot linux connect USB cable to ADSL
10) cd /root/MT841
insmod ./CDCEther
11) ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.3 up

now step 7 is where my doubt is how can I identify a network driver
file???
Now some of my friends told me that it is the entry corresponding to
eth? In the /etc/modules.conf file .now in his /etc/modules.conf file
there is no entry corresponding to eth? Except the entry made by me
in the step 6 .
Now my question is how should I modify the /etc/modules.conf file as
given in the step 7 that is
pre-install CDCEther modprobe -a ABC XYZ
i.e what values should I give for ABC and XYZ ????

(please note I am only a beginner in these matters so please be kind)

Hi there!
"pre-install CDCEther modprobe -a ABC XYZ" only implies if u have
another ethernet card besides the usb lan interface of the modem.
So, if you don't have any other ethernet card, u don't need to use
this line in modules.conf but only the alias. Once u save modules.conf
with the alias and compiled the driver u can put it in appropriate
path for the karnel to load it. now u need to reboot your machine and
perform insmod. If all goes well check with a modprobe CDCEther and
restart the network service (redhat: #service network restart, suse: #rcnetwork restart). Next bring up the eth0 with the command as
specified (ifconfig etho 192.168.1.2 up). and u r finished. next u need
to configure an xdsl interface based on eth0( in suse this is done in yast).
Once u have configured it will simple dialin with assigned uname and password
and voila! u r connected to the internet!!