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which modem?

Asked by heaths

I have a speedtouch 330 usb modem, and i spent 4 hours trying to install the thing, with no results. the ubuntu site said something about usb being terrible, does anyone know of any modems (preferably broadband) or one of those ethernet thingys that work out of the box with ubuntu?

OR.....

<<<<<MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE SOME OUT OF THE BOX UBUNTU USB SUPPORT, OR MAYBE THOSE MANUFACTURERS SHOULD THINK OF THE <<CLEVER>> PEOPLE WHO CHOSE UBUNTU, A LINUX CD WITH A <WINDOWS> STYLE INSTALLATION WIZARD WOULD BE NICE!>>>>>>>

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Gianfranco (lordborotto) said : 		#1

um.....arris tmxxx (xxx means any model) they work great and ethernet or usb capable. or else, get wi-fi =)

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heaths (heathfamily) said : 		#2

do you still have to do all of the configure stuff thats where I got floored, also the extractor file wont do anything nothing happens, have tried all kinds of things perhaps just give up and use another pc on wondows!

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heaths (heathfamily) said : 		#3

whoops should have said xp as that works fine just plugged it in usb may be a pain but at least I can download stuff now have to run two pcs!

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Best attikon (attikon) said : 		#4

Hello heaths.

Take a look at the following links:
http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/
http://steve-parker.org/speedtouchconf/

Have a nice day.

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heaths (heathfamily) said : 		#5

Thanks Ioannis Koniaris, that solved my question.