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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.

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.

Ubuntu 5.04 installation from source

  • Ensure gcc(1), make(1), 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.