Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-04 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 04-Jun-08, at 2:29 PM, sivaji j.g wrote: NOTE: Please send your reply to me. Not to the list. Please open your eyes and read the above line :P that is *his* wish - the group has decided that it is on topic and relevant -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelp

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-04 Thread Bharathi Subramanian
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Arun Khan wrote: > > 3. Oops. I pressed Ctrl X instead of Ctrl C :( -- Bharathi S ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-04 Thread sivaji j.g
> > NOTE: Please send your reply to me. Not to the list. Please open your eyes and read the above line :P > > -- Thanks a lot - http://ubuntuslave.blogspot.com/ ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-04 Thread Arun Khan
On Wednesday 04 Jun 2008, Shuveb Hussain wrote: > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 3. On the WAN port: turn OFF access to it's telnet, web > > administration and other services. Disable ICMP ping responses as > > well. > > Do they have telnet and web adminis

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-04 Thread Shuveb Hussain
Hi, On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3. On the WAN port: turn OFF access to it's telnet, web administration > and other services. Disable ICMP ping responses as well. > Do they have telnet and web administration turned on from the WAN port by default?!! --

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-04 Thread Arun Khan
On Wednesday 04 Jun 2008, Bharathi Subramanian wrote: > 3. Since you left 3. blank, may I suggest :) 3. On the WAN port: turn OFF access to it's telnet, web administration and other services. Disable ICMP ping responses as well. -- Arun Khan ___ To

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-03 Thread Bharathi Subramanian
Hi All, Thanks for the reply. I got mixed response about the Modem, perticularly about WiFi. Suggections: 1. Go for the Type I (just Ethernet) modem and add your own WiFi router with that. 2. If you have the own modem then service people will simply say it your device issue and Esc. 3. -

RE: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-03 Thread Sivakumar Gopalan
> Some modems allow you to connect them through ethernet and they behave > just like routers. That kind of a device should work with all versions > of Linux. Maybe you should consider avoiding ones with only USB > support. One more related info is, you would be able to access the BSNL modem consol

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-03 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Tue, 03 Jun 2008, Bharathi Subramanian wrote: > Recently applied for the BSNL Broadband connection. I like to > get your suggestions on ADSL modem (with Ethernet + WiFi). I was told that the wait for the modem with wi-fi was a lot more so I opted for just the modem from BSNL and bought

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-03 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 03-Jun-08, at 9:43 PM, Akarsh Simha wrote: It works fine with Debian etch. But I had trouble using it with older versions of fedora/ RH 9 Some modems allow you to connect them through ethernet and they behave just like routers. That kind of a device should work with all versions of

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-03 Thread Akarsh Simha
> It works fine with Debian etch. But I had trouble using it > with older versions of fedora/ RH 9 Some modems allow you to connect them through ethernet and they behave just like routers. That kind of a device should work with all versions of Linux. Maybe you should consider avoiding one

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-03 Thread Balachandran Sivakumar
Hi all, On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 1. Is it good to buy it from BSNL or ext src? > > buy bsnl - whatever they supply works out of the box with linux > It works fine with Debian etch. But I had trouble using it with older versions of fe

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-03 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 03-Jun-08, at 3:48 PM, Bharathi Subramanian wrote: Recently applied for the BSNL Broadband connection. I like to get your suggestions on ADSL modem (with Ethernet + WiFi). 1. Is it good to buy it from BSNL or ext src? buy bsnl - whatever they supply works out of the box with linux -- re

RE: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-03 Thread Sivakumar Gopalan
I Have a BSNL connection, a separate modem and a Wireless router. Here is my view. Two different device hence the wires make a mess. If there is a physical cable problem, the BSNL people complain saying the device(wireless) which I have is causing the problem, so you can expect the same if you get