ChrisM Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Aussiejohn where is it man - where's the How To? Really pleased that you got the Speedtouch licked. I've 'kinda' got a connection, but its real slow and wipes out the firewall so I now darenot conenct! Please let me have the how to so I can start all again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Very Easy. Connect modem with LAN cable -- its better and easier than USB Configure connection as a LAN connection in MCC. Have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 OK here's is probably a real dumb question, but here goes... Very Easy. Connect modem with LAN cable -- its better and easier than USB Configure connection as a LAN connection in MCC. How do I connect a USB with LAN cable The Speedtouch has a fixed usb cable. Sorry if this is a real dumbass question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzatch Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Its not a dumb question. Most highspeed external modems have either a ethernet connection or both ethernet and usb. Besides the highspeed cable plug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted June 12, 2004 Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 The 530 has a port for an ethernet -- my friend has one. Go grab yourself an ethernet cable and save yourself some trouble. Ethernet goes into ethernet on the modem and ethernet on the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted June 13, 2004 Report Share Posted June 13, 2004 Ah ha thanks Pzatch and iphitus for confirming this - I feel better now! I ended up in this thread following on from a linkl within in a Harware forum thread - I'm actually using the terrible speedtouch 33O (as oppossed to 550) which doesn't have a port for an ethernet cable I will overcome the 330 - thanks to an earlier reply from iphitus, I have at least managed to make a connection in mdk10CE (though it runs very slow) and Shorewall does not work I'm considering either getting a modem-router to dump the speedtouch or using an old box and installing the Smootwall firewall - using the speedtouch. If I go for the latter option, does anyone know if i'll face similar mountains to climb? I'm gonna do some research so if needed, I'll start a new thread in a few days or so. Cheers again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted June 13, 2004 Report Share Posted June 13, 2004 I will overcome the 330 - thanks to an earlier reply from iphitus, I have at least managed to make a connection in mdk10CE (though it runs very slow) and Shorewall does not work ChrisM - I think to get Shorewall to work with the speedtouch, you have to tweak the config files. If you look in /etc/shorewall/interfaces, you should see an entry for eth0, something like net etho detect You have to change the eth0 to ppp0, and also put an entry in /etc/shorewall/routestopped for 'ppp0'. I can't say I've used this, because I stopped using shorewall before I found out about it, but this was the solution for previous versions of Mandrake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 spinynorman, many thanks for this advise. It's taken an age using this modem, but with the support from people such as yourself; as a newbie I do feel that slowly but surely I'm getting there. I'll try out your suggestions and feedback. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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