On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 10:09:49AM -0800, Larry Fletcher wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > Larry writes: > > > What I'm thinking is maybe Verizon gives people different modems. My > > > modem says it's a DSL2+Router, so maybe it would work if it was just a > > > DSL2 modem without the Router? > > > Pppoeconfig will work if the modem is configured for bridge mode (like > > mine) but not if it is configured as a router (like yours). I suggest > > that you follow Mike Bird's advice below. You are making it more complex > > than it is. > > Going by the replies I've received, if I use DHCP I will have to use > IE to set the username and password in the modem (the IE I have > running under Wine can't access the modem). I think this is probably > true, because I don't see a way to enter the username and password in > dhclient.conf. Should the username be entered in the modem as just > 'user' or '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'? > > I'll try to setup DHCP without a password and see if it works, but it > will take awhile to figure this out. > > I do know someone that uses Windows and they live close enough that I > might be able to use their computer to set the modem. The techs at > Verizon say I could change the modem from router mode to bridge mode > using IE, but then I would have to use a router with the modem, which > I don't have don't want to do. So is it possible to use the modem in > bridge mode with pppoe and not use a router? If so, it seems like it > might be better this way because then I will probably be able to see > the transfer rate on my toolbar. But then it might be faster using > DHCP. Does using the modem in router mode protect the computer better > than using it in bridge mode? > > Anyway this is still pretty confusing to me, so I hope I'll be able > to figure it out in the next couple of weeks. > > Thanks for the help so far, > > Larry
Hello Larry, I am running debian etch with verizon dsl. I also have the Westell 6100 dsl modem. I believe that the suggestions you are getting in regards to dumping everything having to do with pppoe are correct. Have you gone into the connections settings of your browser and configured it for direct connection to the internet? Can you open any browser and type in the address bar 192.168.1.1 and click go. This should bring you to the connection summary page of the Westell modem. If you can not connect to this page, could you provide, the output of `ifconfig`, `cat /etc/resolv.conf`, `route`. -- Paul Lane KC9EYE http://www.qsl.net/kc9eye/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Life after all, is a fatal disease, and the mortality rate for humans, at the end of the day is 100%." K.C. Cole (from The Universe and the Teacup) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
