ATT/Bellsouth with Kubuntu

[Larry Hartman]

Stan

This is not so much a technical how-to as it is a broad overview of how I made 
this work.

I had Kubuntu setup to work just fine with Bellsouth DSLL Fast Access Light 
for over a year.  I used Kubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake all the way up to 7.04 
Feisty Fawn.  Bell South provided me with a Westell DSL modem.  I plugged 
this into one of the regular ports of WRT54G wireless router via a Cat-5 
cable.

At that point it was only a matter of setting up a wireless connection--all 
the standard Linux tools at my disposal had no problems dealing with this 
arrangement.

I required NDIS wrapper, not because of the DSL modem or Bellsouth, but 
because the Broadcomm wireless card on my laptop--at the time of kubuntu 6.06 
through 7.10--did not have a good driver support.

Larry

On Friday 13 June 2008 01:24:57 pm cherryfinals wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> I just spoke with her and she is going to use a cat5 cable for a few
> months, until I can get down there on vacation and install NDSwrapper.
>
> The problem is that Bellsouth refuses to recognize anything but windows
> drivers.
>
> Stan
>
> --- Wulfy <wulfmann at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> > cherryfinals wrote:
> > > My daughter purchased a new laptop back in January and has had
> >
> > nothing
> >
> > > but trouble with Vista. She finally gave up on it and let me
> >
> > install
> >
> > > Kubuntu.
> > > Everything works except the Bellsouth wireless connection. Their
> >
> > only
> >
> > > answer is to install Windows since they refuse to support Linux.
> > > It works fine with a direct cat5 cable to the modem, but they
> >
> > insist it
> >
> > > has to load their Windows wireless spyware.
> > > Is there any way around this?
> > > Has anyone got a relatively easy fix for this?
> > >
> > >
> > > Stan
> > >
> > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> > >  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> > > -Ed Howdershelt
> >
> > I don't know if this will help but it's a possibility... Xubuntu
> > rather
> > than Kubuntu, but the solution seems to be desktop independent.
> >
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-620893.html
> >
> > --
> > Blessings
> >
> > Wulfmann
> >
> > Wulf Credo:
> > Respect the elders. Teach the young. Co-operate with the pack.
> > Play when you can. Hunt when you must. Rest in between.
> > Share your affections. Voice your opinion. Leave your Mark.
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> >
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