[ILUG] Linux ZyXEL 630-11 & 630M

[Bryan O'Donoghue]

Ciaran Johnston wrote:

> I found the 630-11 very troublesome, both with the linux driver and the
> windows driver. It kept hanging and not responding at random times. Of
> course, this could be down to my PC, as the modem takes it's power from
> the USB connection. However, other USB devices don't seem to have any
> problems.
> 
> I'd recommend getting an ethernet DSL modem. I picked up a SpeedStream
> something-or-other second-hand for €50, and it works very well out of the
> box - about 20% faster than the USB Zyxel yoke, and never goes down.
> 
> If the 630 'M' is ethernet, it should be grand, if it isn't I'd look very
> closely at it before I bought it.

Dodgy hardware huh?

Yeah, the 'M' is also a USB jobby. I was thinking that it probably has the same 
chipset as it's 11/13 brethern.

Also, if the 'M' isn't supported, there'd be a great reason to lend a hand, 
since the underlying URB protocol would probably be quite similar, if not 
exactly the same, with some trivial/non-trivial URB init changes, but, if the 
hardware is naff, the hardware is naff.

Maybe I'll get the 'M' and by some other cheap hardware if it doesn't work, 
might give me a good excuse to skip the pub and spend my Friday/Saturday/* 
nights at home with an aterm and a compiler.

-- 
Bryan O'Donoghue
Embedded Software Engineer

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