Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-04-13 Thread Craig Skinner
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 08:18:34PM +0200, Luca Losio wrote: > Can you explain how to handle the authentication? I missed this point > The DLink does it. You put in your username and password that your ISP supplied into the DLink web interface. Put your external NIC to DHCP and that is the jo

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-04-11 Thread Luca Losio
> The WAN allocated from the ISP's RADUIS server will be passed through > the DLink, via DHCP, to your NIC. > > If you aren't convinced, put a windows box with a DHCP NIC behind the > DLink while in bridge mode, and see it get a routable address. > > Try this: unplug the telephone wire, reboot the

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-04-04 Thread tony sarendal
On 04/04/06, Craig Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 01:05:50PM +0100, tony sarendal wrote: > > > > I'm afraid it is. > > Look at the third option in 4.4.2.10. (PPPoE LLC/SNAP) > > > > That is optional at the discretion of the ISP Correct default UK ADSL is VC-MUX >

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-04-04 Thread Craig Skinner
On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 01:05:50PM +0100, tony sarendal wrote: > > I'm afraid it is. > Look at the third option in 4.4.2.10. (PPPoE LLC/SNAP) > That is optional at the discretion of the ISP, default UK ADSL is VC-MUX and therefore PPPoA. It can't be both PPPoE and PPPoA. It is unusual for UK IS

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-04-01 Thread tony sarendal
On 01/04/06, Craig Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 10:39:26AM +0100, tony sarendal wrote: > > > > In my case (aslo on crappy UK broadband) > > You should try it in NZ, 128k upstream! > > > 1454 is actually optimal. > > On the dsl part of the link my connection runs th

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-04-01 Thread Craig Skinner
On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 10:39:26AM +0100, tony sarendal wrote: > > In my case (aslo on crappy UK broadband) You should try it in NZ, 128k upstream! > 1454 is actually optimal. > On the dsl part of the link my connection runs the Ethernet frames over ATM, > so I get this nice pancake when crossin

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-04-01 Thread tony sarendal
On 01/04/06, Craig Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 09:16:33AM +0100, tony sarendal wrote: > > On 01/04/06, Craig Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Set the MTU and MRU to 1453, not 1500. > > > > > > 1453 ? Explain please. > > > > Typo, should have be

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-04-01 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/04/01 08:36, Craig Skinner wrote: > If you must do the PPP session in OpenBSD, try the Alcatel USB frog. Or ueagle(4). > Better yet, buy a ZyXEL these work quite well IME, including on marginal lines (660H).

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-04-01 Thread Craig Skinner
On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 09:16:33AM +0100, tony sarendal wrote: > On 01/04/06, Craig Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Set the MTU and MRU to 1453, not 1500. > > > 1453 ? Explain please. > Typo, should have been 1458: http://www.adslnation.com/support/knowledgebase/ht003.php http:

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-04-01 Thread tony sarendal
On 01/04/06, Craig Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Set the MTU and MRU to 1453, not 1500. 1453 ? Explain please. -- Tony Sarendal - [EMAIL PROTECTED] IP/Unix -= The scorpion replied, "I couldn't help it, it's my nature" =-

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-31 Thread Craig Skinner
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 06:35:16PM +0100, Daniel Walrond wrote: > > > These routers are designed to be no brainers for windows users, yet > > there are no windows drivers, therefore it uses conventional networking. > > Personally I didn't want a point and drool interface, I wanted more > control

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-31 Thread Daniel Walrond
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 03:16:38AM +0100, Daniel Walrond wrote: > On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 08:21:40PM +0100, Luca Losio wrote: > > I read the faq searching for info about pppoa > > (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html) : > > > > "The main software interface to PPPoE/PPPoA on OpenBSD is pppoe(8), >

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-31 Thread Daniel Walrond
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 11:52:27AM +0100, Craig Skinner wrote: > Luca Losio wrote: > >>My ADSL connection is PPPoA only, which is just PPPoE with ATM. They > >>work at different layers so if you bridge your adsl modem and handle > >>only the ATM part, then openbsd pppoe can do the rest. So this mea

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-31 Thread Daniel Walrond
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 09:16:23AM +0200, Luca Losio wrote: > > My ADSL connection is PPPoA only, which is just PPPoE with ATM. They > > work at different layers so if you bridge your adsl modem and handle > > only the ATM part, then openbsd pppoe can do the rest. So this means > > your ADSL modem

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-31 Thread Craig Skinner
Luca Losio wrote: My ADSL connection is PPPoA only, which is just PPPoE with ATM. They work at different layers so if you bridge your adsl modem and handle only the ATM part, then openbsd pppoe can do the rest. So this means your ADSL modem will have no public facing IP and reconnecting to it may

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-30 Thread Luca Losio
> My ADSL connection is PPPoA only, which is just PPPoE with ATM. They > work at different layers so if you bridge your adsl modem and handle > only the ATM part, then openbsd pppoe can do the rest. So this means > your ADSL modem will have no public facing IP and reconnecting to it may > be tricky

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-28 Thread Daniel Walrond
Hello, On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 08:21:40PM +0100, Luca Losio wrote: > I read the faq searching for info about pppoa > (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html) : > > "The main software interface to PPPoE/PPPoA on OpenBSD is pppoe(8), > which is a userland implementation (in much the same way that we

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-22 Thread Chris 'Xenon' Hanson
mike wrote: http://www.patton.com/support/faqs_detail.asp?id=142 http://www.adslguide.org.uk/qanda.asp?faq=DSLHardware I was mistaken, my VPI=0, VCI=35 per my ISP. Note that this is in Wisconsin, USA, so the above link's table is not quite correct, as it lists the USA's VPI as 8, which also was

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-22 Thread mike
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:14:07 + Craig Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 04:29:56AM -0600, mike wrote: > > > > > My Aethra Starbridge-EU works fine in half-bridge, although I had to > > set VCI=0 in the modem, whatever that is. > > You need to set the VPI & VCI, enca

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-22 Thread Craig Skinner
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 07:14:23PM +0100, Luca Losio wrote: > I used to have one of these. > > > > On your external NIC, use DHCP, and that is it. > > > > The DLink does the PPPoA stuff and issues the WAN IP address to your > > DHCP card. > > > > You can still telnet to the DLink on 192.168.0.1 at

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-22 Thread Luca Losio
I used to have one of these. > > On your external NIC, use DHCP, and that is it. > > The DLink does the PPPoA stuff and issues the WAN IP address to your > DHCP card. > > You can still telnet to the DLink on 192.168.0.1 at the same time as > your link being up. > > mmm...I tried switching off dhcp

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-22 Thread Luca Losio
On 3/22/06, Simon Slaytor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My understanding is that to operate in 'full bridge mode' requires pppoe > support from the provider. Which is where this thread started. Not pppoe, but pppoa

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-22 Thread Craig Skinner
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 04:29:56AM -0600, mike wrote: > > > My Aethra Starbridge-EU works fine in half-bridge, although I had to > set VCI=0 in the modem, whatever that is. You need to set the VPI & VCI, encapsulation & modulation. It is different for many countries depending on how the telcos de

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-22 Thread mike
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:53:41 + Simon Slaytor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Half Bridge mode is your friend here. > > Not sure if the D-Link supports this mode however, Google is less > than helpful. Essentially in half bridge mode the modem handles the > PPPoA authentication with the ISP, as i

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-22 Thread Simon Slaytor
My understanding is that to operate in 'full bridge mode' requires pppoe support from the provider. Which is where this thread started. Donald J. Ankney wrote: Has anybody done this through a full bridge? My Actiontech isn't nearly as friendly with it's options... Simon Slaytor wrote: Half

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-21 Thread Craig Skinner
On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 08:29:19PM +0100, Luca Losio wrote: > D-link 300T that now it's doing NAT and working with a DHCP server for > the internal network > I used to have one of these. On your external NIC, use DHCP, and that is it. The DLink does the PPPoA stuff and issues the WAN IP address

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-21 Thread Donald J. Ankney
Has anybody done this through a full bridge? My Actiontech isn't nearly as friendly with it's options... Simon Slaytor wrote: Half Bridge mode is your friend here. Not sure if the D-Link supports this mode however, Google is less than helpful. Essentially in half bridge mode the modem handles

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-21 Thread Simon Slaytor
Half Bridge mode is your friend here. Not sure if the D-Link supports this mode however, Google is less than helpful. Essentially in half bridge mode the modem handles the PPPoA authentication with the ISP, as in NAT mode obtaining an IP address from the remote provider as normal. Unlike NAT m

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-21 Thread Luca Losio
D-link 300T that now it's doing NAT and working with a DHCP server for the internal network

Re: ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-21 Thread Chris 'Xenon' Hanson
Luca Losio wrote: Hi, I read the faq searching for info about pppoa (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html) : "The main software interface to PPPoE/PPPoA on OpenBSD is pppoe(8), which is a userland implementation (in much the same way that we described ppp(8), above)" but I can't figure out how to

ADSL with pppoa (over ATM)

2006-03-21 Thread Luca Losio
Hi, I read the faq searching for info about pppoa (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html) : "The main software interface to PPPoE/PPPoA on OpenBSD is pppoe(8), which is a userland implementation (in much the same way that we described ppp(8), above)" but I can't figure out how to configure it for