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The Dynalink ALE070 is a USB connected modem with a ~GlobeSpan Virata chipset. Fortunately, this chipset is fairly well supported by the ECIADSL project, and this modem has been used successfully overseas.

* Dynalink ALE070 product page - http://www.dynalink.co.nz/products/ale070.htm
* ECIADSL project - http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/index.php?lang=en %%%
* ECIADSL ALE070 support status - http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/modems.php?modem=27

The documentation is quite thorough, and setup doesn't take long. Binaries are available for many distributions.

!! [Ubuntu] 5.04 installation from source
* Ensure gcc(1), make(1), and similar are installed
* Install kernel headers with <code>apt-get install kernel-headers-2.6.10-5</code>
* Download the source archive with <code>wget http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/download/eciadsl-usermode-0.10.tar.bz2</code>
* Extract the archive with <code>tar -jxf eciadsl-usermode-0.10.tar.bz2</code> and then <code>cd eciadsl-usermode-0.10</code>
* Edit the package control file with <code>vi debian/control</code> and remove the pppoe dependency on line 10
* Run <code>dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b</code> to build a package
* Finally <code>cd ..</code> and install the new package with <code>dpkg -i eciadsl_usermode_0.10.i386.deb</code>

The system can be configured with <code>eciadsl-config-tk</code>
* Remember to set VPI to 0 and VCI to 100
* Use the default synch01.bin
* Set the [PPP] mode to LLC_RFC2364
* Enter your JetStream username and password
* Save the config

The link can be brought up by running <code>eciadsl-start</code>

Any problems, please refer back to the project website and documentation.

One page links to ALE070:

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Last edited on Friday, August 19, 2005 1:37:00 am by "SimonWerner"

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