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Sagem Fast 840 - Installation of an USB ADSL modem

This is a way how I've managed to install Sagem Fast 840, maybe it could be helpful:

No character " should be deleted.

Needed packages: linux-firmware, kernel26, net-tools, ppp, rp-pppoe.

/etc/rc.conf:

MODULES=(... ueagle-atm br2684 ...)
DAEMONS=(... adsl-start ...)

/etc/rc.d/adsl-start:

#!/bin/bash

br2684ctl -c 0 -b -a 8.48
ifconfig nas0 up
pppd call provider

This file should be made executable (chmod +x /etc/rc.d/adsl-start). Numer 8.48 means values VPI/VCI for your provider, these are for Czech O2. The string of provider can be replaced with anything.

br2684ctl is contained in AUR, but probably it would be too problematic to compile it from there, so you can use a binary of it found anywhere on Internet (for example I used one from UbuDSL package which can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ubudsl/files/). Beware you should use binary br2684ctl, not script br2684ctl.sh.

/etc/ppp/peers/provider:

user "username"
plugin rp-pppoe.so
nas0
noipdefault
noipv6
# usepeerdns
persist
noauth
defaultroute

/etc/ppp/chap-secrets, /etc/ppp/pap-secrets (the same content):

"username" * "password" *

/etc/resolv.conf:

nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

IPs are just examples (work for Czech O2), you must find those of your provider. (Maybe you don't need to edit this file and you can leave line with usepeerdns in /etc/ppp/peers/provider uncommented, but it didn't work for me.)

After these steps you should be connected to Internet automatically after boot, but be patient, it can take a minute.