Hi,
Please be patient and read this carefully !
I have received a lot of emails in which they told me that they couldn't get the modem working. Then I have checked and found that this forum changes some symbols like the quotation mark in the scripts I wrote in the previous posts which makes them ineffective.
To make things easier I have written two scripts to do things automatically. One for PPPoA and the other for PPPoE DSL connectivity mode.
Explaining things for both PPPoA & PPPoE, here is what you should do :
Before you proceed, you should know that :
* You have to download some packages first.
* You have to
adjust the script (either the one for PPPoA or PPPoE found below) to your ISP's configuration. The script is well commented and should be easy to setup. Precisely, all you need to adapt is the login, password & VPI/VCI configuration. if you are unsure about your VPI & VCI configuration, go
here and see your ISP's VPI & VCI parameters.
* It's compatible with Ubuntu 7.04, 7.10 and 8.04.
These two scripts will :
* Extract and put the required firmware in the right place.
* Setup you box to connect & reconnect automatically.
* Set your modem as the default route.
Instructions for PPPoA mode:
You have to :
* Download the firmware from
here and put it into your home directory.
* Download the script named install_sagem_800_pppoa.sh below and put it into your home directory.
* Then you run it (from Terminal) with:
sudo bash ~/install_sagem_800_pppoa.sh
* Reboot your PC and hopefully your DSL should be working now.
Instructions for PPPoE mode:
You have to :
* Download the firmware from
here and put it into your home directory.
* Download these two packages
libatm1 and
br2684ctl :.
- If you are using Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty) get libatm1 from here and br2684ctl from here.
- If you are using Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) get libatm1 from here and br2684ctl from here.
- If you are using Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) get libatm1 from here and br2684ctl from here.
- If you are using any later version from Ubuntu go to http://packages.ubuntu.com and look for libatm1 & br2684ctl accordingly with your version.
* Put the packages you have just downloaded into your home directory, then open Terminal and do:
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
* Download the script named install_sagem_800_pppoe.sh below and put it into your home directory.
* Then you run it (from Terminal) with:
sudo bash ~/install_sagem_800_pppoe.sh
* Reboot your PC and hopefully your DSL should be working now.
Instructions if you want to uninstall the modem:
* Download the script named uninstall_sagem_800.sh below and put it into your home directory.
* Then you run it (from Terminal) with:
sudo bash ~/uninstall_sagem_800.sh
I hope this one will be the definitive post for people who wants to use their Sagem Fast 800 modem under Ubuntu & Debian derivatives for both PPPoA & PPPoE DSL mode
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. I will be glad to help you.
Last time updated :
18 April 2008 :
- Introduced the uninstaller script just like Jadd wanted
29 March 2008 :
- Fixed a bug in both scripts related to the way Ubuntu handles "sh" scripts. @cclofton Thanks for the feedback.
- In this post: I updated how to run the scripts from Terminal. please look above.
17 March 2008 :
- Fixed a bug related to making ppp the default route in both scripts.
- Made both scripts under GPLv3.
- Added all the features Jadd asked for.
- Made both script more resilient to DSL connection dropping.
- Both scripts give feedback.
- PPPoE script try to be ACID compliant. The script won't proceed if it's not sure to successfully complete the installation.
13 March 2008
- Updated the script for PPPoA : install_sagem_800_pppoa.sh
- Introduced the script for PPPoE: install_sagem_800_pppoe.sh
.