Mark Neidorff wrote:
On Thursday 17 January 2008 08:51 pm, Larry wrote:
I've been using Debian with dial-up for about 8 years and it's getting
pretty slow, so I thought I would try DSL. The problem is I have
absolutely no understanding of how DSL works. If I could get a
connection I don't even understand how the browsers, etc. know how to
use it. And this is after reading the docs, searching Google and the
Debian list, etc. Is there a good step by step guide somewhere?
When I run pppoeconf I get: "the Access Concentrator of your provider
did not respond." I have also tried pppoe-setup. At this point, I
really wonder if the modem is even connected to the computer. Is
there a way to check it?
I have no idea what to do next, so any help would be greatly
appreciated.
The following is what I have so far and I know I'm not even close
because Apache, FTP, and Dict no longer work.
Westell 6100 modem DSL2+Router
I have added my password information to chap-secrets
and pap-secrets.
Another package you might want to consider is:
http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/pppoe
I used to use that with Verizon. Your biggest consideration is your Westel
router....can it do the authentication for you...and can it act as a DHCP
server? If it can do those things, then you don't need anything else.
Mark
I believe that is the same router that I used when I had Verizon DSL.
If so, it does act as a DHCP server. I set my box to connect with DHCP,
connected and turned on the router, then my computer. Everything worked
perfectly. I am now using Verizon FIOS with the identical setup on my
box. I didn't have to change anything since I still connect by DHCP.
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