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.

ECIADSL project - http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/index.php?lang=en Dynalink ALE070 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.

On Ubuntu 5.0.4, one can install from source

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

The system can be configured with eciadsl-config-tk

• 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 eciadsl-start

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