INstalling the ZTE zxDSL modem with SLACKWARE

Hi all,
This is a guide to get you ZTE zxDSL adsl modem configure with slackware ... I know , you can do it with Ubudsl if your a Ubuntu , openSuse user but with slack and other distributions this method should work.

1. Initially you should have the unicorn-neo module compiled.
Basically their are 2 ways of doing it, first is you can download the source and compile it or u can download the ubudsl package for ubuntu extract the unicorn-neo file and compile that. (Thats what i did !)
Now amend the below mentioned file ....
****************open your rc.d/rc.local

#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.local: Local system initialization script.
#
# Put any local startup commands in here. Also, if you have
# anything that needs to be run at shutdown t
rmmod unicorn_usb_eth
echo "Probing Unicorn USB module ..."

modprobe unicorn_usb_eth VCI=35 VPI=8 PROTOCOL=pppoe ENCAPS=llc-encaps
ifconfig dsl0 up
ifconfig eth0 up
pppd call dsl-provider

2. Next you will have to download rp-pppoe package and install it . which is easy to get.

3.Now you got everything set to go ...

a) cd to /etc/ppp/
b)mkdir peers
c)create a file with the below content
file name is = dsl-provider
# Minimalistic default options file for DSL/PPPoE connections

noipdefault
defaultroute
#replacedefaultroute
hide-password
#lcp-echo-interval 30
#lcp-echo-failure 4
noauth
persist
#mtu 1492
#persist
#maxfail 0
#holdoff 20
plugin rp-pppoe.so
nic-dsl0 # This is very important just keep this part in in mind cuz it depends on the OS you can locate this by using 'ifconfig -a' delete this line before you save this document
usepeerdns
user "YOUR USER NAME GOES HERE"



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Ok ... I know that was a bit messy ... But thats how it is ... Steps are that u get the module compiled , edit the rc.local file , install rp-pppoe , create dsl-provider file , and reboot.

All the sample files can e located at http://gayhew8.100webspaces.net/peers

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