Sympatico, Mandrake9.2 and Speedstream5200 - no go !

Sat Jan 10 22:40:34 UTC 2004

I just spent a couple of hours trying to help a friend connect his  
(PII233) Mandrake9.2 setup to the net.
He has a shiny new Efficient Networks Speedstream5200 Ethernet/ USB.
Using the wizard in MCC I tried every concievable combination, 
culminating in blinkin' lights on the modem
(using the USR 3c905b 100base TX (Cyclone) card, not USB) and pppoe; but 
no connection.
I considered trying Knoppix (didn't have a copy with me) OR d/l Roaring 
penguins finest rp-pppoe.
Any ideas ?
    thanks,
djp

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