--- On Wed, 6/30/10, Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: caught flatfooted with a 2wire gateway model 4011G > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 10:57 AM > On Wednesday 30 June 2010 17:49:58 > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > --- On Wed, 6/30/10, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <edua...@kalinowski.com.br> > wrote: > > > From: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <edua...@kalinowski.com.br> > > > Subject: Re: caught flatfooted with a 2wire > gateway model 4011G > > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > > Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 10:37 AM > > > On Qua, 30 Jun 2010, 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 could be a wireless router/access point. Does > it have an > > > antenna? If not, then I don't know what it > means. > > > > > > > 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. Since the device has a pppoe client, it can > do > > > authentication itself. You only plug your > computer and it > > > receives an IP via dhcp and connects to the > internet. The > > > computer is unaware how the connection is > established, your > > > device takes care of the details. > > > > Thanks Eduardo, but why does the ´manual´ tell me to > have my userid and > > password ready? When and where are those > entered? > > When you get access via your browser. If you can't > find the IP you need to > navigate to in the manual, then try the two suggested by > Andrei. If you are > lucky, the first guess will be the right one! > > Once in to your modem/router's web interface, there is > likely to be a > connection wizard that will ask for those details. > You will also need the > admin name and default password for the modem router, which > should be in the > manual and/or on the base of the router. > > Once in, you can turn wireless off and change the default > password. >
Thanks Lisi, I will wait till I have a system again and take a look at the web interface. 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/183263.82222...@web53708.mail.re2.yahoo.com
