External USB ethernet adapter

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SuSE Linux: Versions since 7.1
Kernel: Versions since 2.2.18

Request:

• the USB fast ethernet adapter from t-online for a TDSL connection or
• the Longshine USB fast ethernet adapter (LCS-8138TX)

These devices are not recognized automatically from YaST2 and have to be configured manually.

Hint:

Procedure:

1. Configuration with YaST2
   1. Start the YaST2 control center.
   2. Choose Network.
   3. and click Network card configuration.
   4. The USB ethernet adapter will not be recognized automatically. Therefore a dialogue appears Use the unrecognized card .
      Click on the button card configuration and you will get the dialogue Manual card setup.
   5. Network device is Ethernet.
   6. If you don't have any additional network cards the device number is 0. Otherwise you have to choose a device number that is not in use.
   7. In Module name please type in pegasus. Leave Options empty.
   8. Press on next.
   9. The next dialogue appears: configure the network adress .
      In case of a DSL connection continue with the configuration like described in the article --> http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/hoe_adsl_arcor.html .
      

2. Accomodate the boot system

   Because while switching into another runlevel, e.g. during the boot process, first the network will be loaded and afterwards the USB manager, the network couldn't be initialized correctly. You get the following error message:

   Failed services in runlevel 5:  route
   

   Start the network manually by the use of

   rcnetwork start
   rcroute start
   

   or change the boot sequence of the USB system of the network :
   1. Change in file /etc/init.d/network the following line

      # Required-Start: $local_fs dummy dhclient firewall_init
      

      to

      # Required-Start: $local_fs dummy dhclient firewall_init usb
      

   2. Please also change in file /etc/init.d/usbmgr the two entries below :
      

      • # Required-Start: syslog
        

        change to

        # Required-Start:
        

      • The USB manager needs a little time to be able to offer all services. Therefore please modify at the end of the file

        rc_exit
        

        to

        sleep 2
        rc_exit
        

        Contingently you have to set the value 2 higher.
   3. Afterwards execute the two commands below

      insserv /etc/init.d/network
      insserv /etc/init.d/usbmgr
      

      in a console or in a terminal.
   4. When everything went fine the command

      ls  /etc/init.d/rc3.d/{S*network,S*usbmgr}
      

      gives the output

      /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S01usbmgr  /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S05network
      

   5. Now the network will start without any error message during the next boot process.

ADSL since SuSE 7.1, configuration