Frustrated

Since getting my ADSL, I’ve been using Windows XP as my primary OS. I spent a few hours this morning trying to get my SpeedTouch USB (also known as ‘the frog’) to work under Linux.

No joy.

None.

Whatsoever.

It appears that the Speedtouch package available in universe somewhat ironically requires an internet connection to retrieve. D’oh!

I also tried the Speedtouch Suite but I’m getting errors from modprobe, and I’m not sure how to resolve them.

Why don’t these things Just Work™?

Before I hear cries of “Hardware Modem” this is a standard piece of hardware that a) has been around for awhile now and b) is distributed by most ISPs.

I will be upgrading to a separate gateway, but for now my primary OS is once again XP (albeit running FOSS software).