Re: [IPCop-devel] modem compatibility

[Marc W. <ma...@on...>]

On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 15:21, Gilles Espinasse wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----

> > On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 09:35, Gilles Espinasse wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Marc Williams" <ma...@on...>
> >
> > > > I see that Efficient and/or Speedstream USB are not listed in the
> > > > Hardware Compatibility Chart.  Does that mean that they will not work
> > > > with IPCop v1.4?
> > > >
> > > I don't konw but probably not.
> > >
> > > What model exactly, for ADSL or 56K?
> > >
> > Sorry, ADSL.
> >
> > As far as model, I don't have one since I haven't bought one yet.  The
> > 4060 seems to be quite popular on Ebay but there are others.  Of the 36
> > DSL USB modems listed there, 14 of them are Speedstreams.
> >
> To my undertandig and even I read that speedstream 4060 is shipped with an
> Alcatel chip, this is a complete different driver than speedtouch usb.
> The only common thing is the word speed. So none of them will be supported
> as for as I know.
> There is so much supported modems at low price (=30 euros in France for only
> usb modem, a bit more for one with usb and ethernet), you should prefer buy
> a comtrend 350/361, a sagem800/908, a speedtouch usb.
> 361 and 908
> 

Ok, thanks.  That's too bad though.  The Speedstream looks like a nice
modem.  The specs say it does 1024 up while the Speedtouch only does
832.  My DSL will do 1024 so I'll be losing a bit on the Speedtouch.  Oh
well.