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Thursday, December 20, 2007
For a seasonal offer Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) is given away free ADSL USB Modem ZTE ZXDSL 852 for customers who byuing ADSL Connections. This package contains ZTE ZXDSL 852 (SGS Thomson Microelectronic chipset) ADSL USB Modem, Driver CD for Window and ADSL Splitter. But there are no drivers for Linux. This simple guide will help you to install this modem in Ubuntu Gutsy (I believe this will also work with Feisty).
First you have to download this nice piece of Software from http://ubudsl.ubuntu.pl.
You can download UbuDSL 0.5(i386) from here.
You can download UbuDSL o.5(amd64/Ubuntu 7.10 only) from here.
You can install the package using follwing commands:
wget http://ubudsl.ubuntu.pl/debs/ubudsl_0.5-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i ubudsl_0.5-1_i386.deb
After successfully installing the package, you have to configure the connection. Before condigure the connection you must have Ubuntu Installation CD with you.
To configure the UbuDSL goto Applications->Internet->UbuDSL - configuration.
Then you will get a window like following.
Click Next button and select your country from the list and enter your username and password and click start.
Then it will display the following screen and ask for the Ubuntu Installation disk .
After finishing the configuration process it will display the following window.
Then press quit. Before you reboot SLT customers have some thing to do.
Use following command open the options file in /etc/modprobe.d/
gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/options
Find a line that starts from "options unicorn_usb_eth" and replace in this line PROTOCOL=pppoatm ENCAPS=vc-encaps by PROTOCOL=pppoe ENCAPS=llc-encaps. Save the file, quit the editor and reboot your computer.
After rebooting your connection will appear on your gnome panel, and display connected message. If you doesn't enable autostart option, you have to manually open the UbuDSL - connection monitor and press connect button. Connection monitor can found in the Applications->internet menu.
Special thanks goes to Adrian Łubik who is the founder and programmer of this tool.
