Topcom Webr@cer 851 driver on SuSE Linux 9.0
Introduction
Topcom Webr@cer 851 is a ADSL USB Modem with Alcatel DynaMiTe
ADSL Chipset. There is open source project that provides support for this
kind of chipset under Linux at http://sourceforge.net/projects/zyxel630-11.
This
installation was performed on a SuSE Linux 9.0 installation
and with the help of the zyxel forum.
Required Packages
kernel-source-2.4.21-99.i586.rpm
libpcap-0.7.2-33.i586.rpm
libusb-0.1.8beta-35.i586.rpm
linux-atm-2.4.0-311.i586.rpm
linux-atm-devel-2.4.0-311.i586.rpm
linux-atm-lib-2.4.0-311.i586.rpm
ppp-2.4.1-432.i586.rpm
rp-pppoe-3.5-221.i586.rpm
Download
amedyn-2004-08-04-src.tgz
Installation Roaring Penguin
First, we need to install Roaring Penguin for PPPoE.
#> adsl-setup
Welcome to the Roaring Penguin ADSL client setup. First, I will run
some checks on your system to make sure the PPPoE client is installed
properly...
Looks good! Now, please enter some information:
USER NAME
>>> Enter your PPPoE user name (default bxxxnxnx@sympatico.ca): username@PLANET
INTERFACE
>>> Enter the Ethernet interface connected to the ADSL modem
For Solaris, this is likely to be something like /dev/hme0.
For Linux, it will be ethn, where 'n' is a number.
(default eth0): nas0
MODEM TYPE
We will try to detect if your modem is compliant with RFC 2516
or not. 3COM's 3CP4130 is *NOT* compliant, for instance.
Searching for a modem at interface nas0...
Not found, trying with 3COM's code...
Didn't find a modem at interface nas0, you can continue but
things might not work as you expect... :(
You might want to re-run this script and try a different interface.
Do you want the link to come up on demand, or stay up continuously?
If you want it to come up on demand, enter the idle time in seconds
after which the link should be dropped. If you want the link to
stay up permanently, enter 'no' (two letters, lower-case.)
NOTE: Demand-activated links do not interact well with dynamic IP
addresses. You may have some problems with demand-activated links.
>>> Enter the demand value (default no): no
DNS
Please enter the IP address of your ISP's primary DNS server.
If your ISP claims that 'the server will provide DNS addresses',
enter 'server' (all lower-case) here.
If you just press enter, I will assume you know what you are
doing and not modify your DNS setup.
>>> Enter the DNS information here: server
PASSWORD
>>> Please enter your PPPoE password: *******
>>> Please re-enter your PPPoE password: *******
FIREWALLING
Please choose the firewall rules to use. Note that these rules are
very basic. You are strongly encouraged to use a more sophisticated
firewall setup; however, these will provide basic security. If you
are running any servers on your machine, you must choose 'NONE' and
set up firewalling yourself. Otherwise, the firewall rules will deny
access to all standard servers like Web, e-mail, ftp, etc. If you
are using SSH, the rules will block outgoing SSH connections which
allocate a privileged source port.
The firewall choices are:
0 - NONE: This script will not set any firewall rules. You are responsible
for ensuring the security of your machine. You are STRONGLY
recommended to use some kind of firewall rules.
1 - STANDALONE: Appropriate for a basic stand-alone web-surfing workstation
2 - MASQUERADE: Appropriate for a machine acting as an Internet gateway
for a LAN
>>> Choose a type of firewall (0-2): 1
** Summary of what you entered **
Ethernet Interface: nas0
User name: username@PLANET
Activate-on-demand: No
DNS addresses: Supplied by ISP's server
Firewalling: STANDALONE
>>> Accept these settings and adjust configuration files (y/n)? y
Adjusting /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf
Adjusting /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
(But first backing it up to /etc/ppp/pap-secrets-bak)
(But first backing it up to /etc/ppp/chap-secrets-bak)
Congratulations, it should be all set up!
Type 'adsl-start' to bring up your ADSL link and 'adsl-stop' to bring
it down. Type 'adsl-status' to see the link status
Installation amedyn driver
Now change directory into the amedyn module folder
#> tar xfvz
amedyn-2003-10-29-src.tgz
Building amedyn driver
#> cd ..
#> make
This configuration is specific for Internet
ADSL provider Scarlet in Belgium. The settings of the VPI/VCI
is provider specific so you will have to get those.
Now we need to make some changes to the config
#> vi /etc/amyden
change the protocol to use PPPoE
PROTOCOL_MODE=1
To
PROTOCOL_MODE=4
And change
VCI=32 (May be another value)
To
VCI=35
Save
Launching amedyn driver and connection
#> amstart.sh
You should now be on the internet.
If you get some messages about broken pipes but it still connects don't worry to much about it you should be able to browse.
If it fails run stop the modem
#> amstop.sh
Unplug your modem
Wait for 10 seconds
plug your modem back in
and run
#> amstart.sh
again
