Probably yet another FAQ but hey :)

I have ADSL USB at home, Alcatel to be exact. I will play with NetBSD
and it over the weekend but thought I'd check to see if anyone had any
ideas.

Kinda hoping it will be picked up as a General USB modem? Unrealistic? 
PPPoE already exists on nbsd I believe (even if only a userland pppd).

But Alcatel are supposed to be doing Linux drivers soon, perhaps it's
worth waiting for that.

Lund

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