Ok .. my question .. would linux support my ADSL modem ? .. i have suse installed on my laptop .. but never had the guts to connect to the internet .. fearing that my system might not be safe and tweaked enuf to go on the WWW. Wouldent go full fledged unless i know my system right. I have never gone nor bothered to see if my modem would install .. but in future .. if i need .. would it be possible ? .. i own a lucent cell pipe 20A usb modem ..

Regards
Dhanesh.

All linux distros are ok to connect to the net. There should be no problem connecting to your modem. I use suse sometimes and I have a motorola adsl modem. Suse has probably the best security for your system because it is commercialy sold as well as open source.

Check out this forum thread on LinusISO.org. Someone with the same problem found a solution:

http://forums.linuxiso.org/viewtopic.php?t...00cf6e634f01391

Hell yeah .. the site mentioned by this dude .. gives every ADSL driver available ... and there is a one for SuSe too .. i'll try this out and let u know abt the results .. just hope its an install and run only ..

Regards
Dhanesh.

ADSL providers usually use something called PPPoE for authencation to see whenever you connect the net and to monitor your bandwidth. Luckily, SuSE has the easiest tool to connect to an ADSL network.

K Menu --> System --> YaST2 --> Network Devices --> DSL

1. Press Add
2. Make sure that the PPP mode is PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)
3. Device Activation can be set to whatever you want.
4. Choose your provider. If your provider is NOT found, press Custom Provider.
5. If you choose Custom Provider, enter in their information.
6. Press next again, unless you can type in customized parameters.
7. Done!

Now try your ADSL service by going to Konqueror or Mozilla Firefox and type in your local Google URL. For me, it's google.ca

To check if your internet is working properly, you can do these steps.

1. Open Konsole (or any shell)
2. Type in:


*You may change google.ca to any URL.*

If it's successful, it should show something like this:


Enjoy!

xboxrulz

Installing an Internel Modem is quite heavy task. me too having an internel (Smart link Modem). I mhaving the drivers too. But not able to install it successfully. Then now i musing the Airtel GPRS Connection and there is the problem too i m not having the Drivers for the CA-42 cable. So If u are able to install the modem then tell me too.

I also struggled quite a bit when I needed to install my CDMA modem in Linux. But finally I made it. But now I am not using Linux as my primary account.

The most amazing thing is that in Windows I need to install a hefty driver to install and make the modem detected and make it working, but if it is in Linux it is a simple text file (*.txt) that I just need to paste the data in that to a configuration file using any editor.

But finding how to do that initially was a bit difficult for me..But now I am happy..

just go out and connect to the internet
if you just keep fearing that some one would get into your system
it might be your best friend who could do it coming right to so
just go and connect to the internet

I see that your hardware problem is solved but i must ask why the fear of connecting to the internet? linux is built to be stable ( you're hosting account's server run's linux ) and it's pretty hard to get a virus on linux. You would need to actually TRY to get a virus.

And if you're worried about your laptop, an internet cable can't put out a significant amount of electricity to damage your laptop so i wouldn't worry.

hopefully my input makes you feel a little better.