Re: Would like to change to Solaris, worried about ADSL modem.

From: Andrew Gabriel (andrew_at_cucumber.demon.co.uk)
Date: 10/19/04 

Date: 19 Oct 2004 14:41:50 GMT

In article <a68d4d43.0410181634.2cbd75c1@posting.google.com>,
        mmm_moo_cows@hotmail.com (Mmm_moo_cows) writes:
> Hi,
>
> I want to change from Windows XP to Solaris, I've always wanted to try
> it but never had a reason to, until a recent event involving Windows
> XP and the loss of all my hard drive data.
>
> My main concern is regarding my ADSL modem, a simple USB BT voyager
> modem (not the 100 or 105 model, its just call the USB BT Voyager
> modem). I cant find out if it is supported and I cant seem to find any
> drivers for it, certainly not on the producers website.
>
> Will the modem work in Solaris? - or I am doomed to continue with XP
> (I cant afford to buy a broadband router)
>
> Thanks for any help in advance.

I notice Masayuki Murayama has added an axf driver to his list of
drivers, which supports a USB to fast ethernet controller.
I've no idea if a USB DSL modem looks anything like a USB ethernet
controller, but that might be worth a shot.

http://homepage2.nifty.com/mrym3/taiyodo/eng/ 

-- 
Andrew Gabriel
Consultant Software Engineer

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