--- On Wed, 6/30/10, Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: caught flatfooted with a 2wire gateway model 4011G > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 10:42 AM > On Mi, 30 iun 10, 09:27:52, Hugo > Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I had to dismantle the Debian Sid system and move to a > new location > > (Mexico). There I subscribed to Telmex´s ADSL > package. They gave me a > > 2wire ´wireless´ gateway model 4011G and said they > only support the > > unmentionable OS. So support is, as usual, > non-existent. > > > > 2 questions: > > > > 1. I don´t understand what the ´wireless´ part of > this gateway is. You > > connect 3 things, the phoneline via a microfilter, the > power cord and > > the ethernet cable to the eth0 port. What is > wireless? > > It probably has a built-in wireless AP. If you don't have > wireless > clients you can shut it off. > > > 2. 2wire says that this gateway has a builtin pppoe > client. So to > > configure it I only run pppoeconf and specify the > userid and the > > password and then run pppd? > > No. Somewhere in the docs it's default (internal) IP should > be mentioned > (usually 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1). Connect a computer to > the Ethernet > port and run 'dhclient'. Based on the response you will > know which it > is. After that browse to that IP with some GUI browser (the > web > interface usually requires JavaScript). > > Through the web interface you will be able to configure a > lot of stuff: > PPPoE, DHCP (on or off and if you are lucky fixed IPs), the > wireless, > port forwarding, ... you'll figure it out. > > > I had this thing researched but the system is down and > won´t be up > > very soon and I´d like to know what I´d be faced > with. > > It's easier than you think, once you get to the web > interface. > Thanks Andrei, the ´manual´ is a sheet with hookup pictures, but I will see if I can look into the accompanying CD. And I will run dhclient to find out what to point the browser to. Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/895461.73768...@web53704.mail.re2.yahoo.com
