Hi, I decided to ditch the overcharging VSNL and switched over to BSNL. The latter's service engineer didn't come to install my captioned router/modem as the guy who sold it to me presumably preconfigured it for BSNL.
However, I have not been able to connect to BSNL Dataone ever since. Can anybody help me solve the following? 1. Which mode should I use: router or modem? 2. Is it necessary to set the router's LAN IP to 192.168.1.1 (as BSNL customer care told me), which it somehow doesn't accept, or does the default 192.168.0.1 also work? (This is also the gateway address). It the first case, my computer connected at eth0 will be configured with the IP address 192.168.1.2, and in the other, 192.168.0.2 3. In the router mode, under basic configuration (wizard does not detect connection type), if I select "my internet connection requires a user name and password", I am presented with the username, password and service name fields. Will the router be able to connect directly using these parameters, or should I ignore this and all following settings and connect through say rp-pppoe from the client computer? 4. Is it necessary to provide a service name, and if so, what is it? 5. How does this setup work? Does the router get an IP address from the BSNL server when it connects, and if so, how can I find it out? 6. If somebody has this router/modem working on BSNL, can you please post a step-by-step guide? You will of course be aware that the above is much better than getting actual help from customer service. By the way, the modem does not have the latest firmware, but an update will only be possible once I am able to connect. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
