usb internet hookup

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Frank Cox wrote:
> My wife is off visiting her mother and she took her Fedora 8 laptop with her.
> 
> I set up network manager on it so it will just log into any available Internet
> connection without any user intervention required.   It works fine here.
> 
> She just sent me this:  "I don't know if I will be able to use my laptop.
> Esthel's modem is linked to her computer with a USB cable. Strange. I
> tried to use both cable that's linked to the router but none worked. Maybe I'm
> doing something wrong or as Esthel said we have to install something on
> my computer but who knows if it has Linux."
> 
> The Internet there is a DSL connection from Mauritius Telecoms.  I've never
> dealt with a setup like that, so does anyone know where to go from here?
> Perhaps she's just out of luck?
> 
> 
It sounds as if if they are using a PPPoE connection. (Some modems 
can be set to make the PPPoE connection for you.) You can set up a 
PPPoE connection from a Fedora laptop, but you need to know the 
username and password for the connection. You have to set a network 
connection using PPPoE - they are not detected automatically. I do 
not know if there is a USB driver for that modem or not. If not, you 
will probably have to power-cycle the modem when changing to the 
Ethernet connection.

Mikkel
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