Toshiba USB Cable Modem

[eXtremist]

Does anyone have any resources for a Toshiba USB cable modem? The modem I have has an ethernet + USB interface. I was wondering if it is possible to get the USB connection working under linux. If not, I'll fall back to the ethernet card.

Just a link would suffice. Thanks!

Greg

[mychl]

Sorry, no link, but I think I heard that a usb connection would not be as fast as ethernet.... could be wrong though

[eXtremist]

I don't know if it is faster or slower, but when I check the driver settings in XP, the ethernet card lists as 10mbit/sec and the USB lists as 12mbit/sec..

Thanks for your reply!

[mrBen]

From what I remember the USB/Ethernet drives are a little developmental, and so you will probably need to compile the kernel. 2.4.18 or 2.4.20 should have it. Then you will need to setup a PPPoE connection (PPP over Ethernet) using the relevant device.

I setup a cable modem in the UK, and used the CDCEther module in the kernel, and then pump to setup the connection, and it was nice 'n' easy.

I used a Knoppix CD to determine the modules used.

[i_like_peanut_butter]

I have a D-Link cable modem with a similar setup as yours. I got it to work in USB mode with RedHat 7.2. I don't know which modules it used (I didn't know about lsmod). So most likely it can be done, but I'd still use the ethernet connection. If you use any other USB devices that will cut into your bandwidth, plus you won't be using the full 10 MB/s on the ethernet side much less the 12 that USB offers at it's peak performance. Your connection to your ISP is nowhere near that fast.

[mychl]

Good point peanut butter