Well, we just got this modem going with linux, so i can confirm that
this modem works with linux on the Telecom NZ network as per the link
posted previously about using the (GPLed) roaring penguin PPPoE dialer.

Ran the windows set-up software initially to configure the modem into
PPPoA mode and set the ATM/ADSL virtual channel stuff. But you should
be able to do this through the telnet interface if you don't have a
windows box handy.

Once the modem is in PPPoA mode you just run the PPPoE client software
on an ethernet connected machine to establish a PPP connection to the
ISP, and then you have a native ppp interface on the linux box.

Didn't test linux masquerading over it but it should be pretty straight
forward to masquerade over the ppp interface just as if it was a
standard dialup connection.

Doing a jetstream-games download speed comparison with the Nokia M11
showed the same results.

The 3Com box is pretty good for the price IMO, it has a DHCP server
built in, choice of USB or Ethernet under windows, and lots of other
cool stuff in the firmware that i haven't played with yet like dns
server settings.

It's certainly the cheapest if not only linux compatible modem i've
seen. And when hooked up to a $25 486 or old pentium linux box it
offers competition to the more expensive NAT router modems.

HTH,
dan.

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Received on Thu Feb 1 17:34:21 2001