ADSL with Linux

Check Hardware Compatibility

Before attempting to install a USB ADSL modem onto a machine running Linux, driver compatibility should be checked as many USB ADSL modems are not Linux compatible.

Where an ADSL USB modem has compatibility with Linux and has its own drivers, the manufacturer's installation guide should be followed.

Information that you will typically need in order to configure the modem will be:

Encapsulation: PPPoA (Point to Point Protocol over ATM)

Multiplexing: VC-Based

VPI (Virtual Path Identifier): 0

VCI (Virtual Channel Identifier): 38

Your ADSL username and password.

Connection Wizards

Some Linux distributions provide an Internet Connection Wizard that includes provision for ADSL connections.
If your ADSL USB modem has been successfully installed, you may then wish to utilise such facilities using the above information.

Use of ADSL Routers

If you have an ADSL router or a modem that has an ethernet Port and can therefore act as an ADSL router, you can establish a connection from your Linux machine using a network card and TCP/IP.
Typically your Linux machine's TCP/IP settings will need to all be dynamically assigned as most ADSL routers by default provide DHCP facilities 'out of the box' allocating private IP Addresses on a local area network