Please CC me on all replies since I'm not currently subscribed to the list. I start talking about Debian specifically around paragraph 7. You might consider the rest to be slightly OT.
I just got Verizon DSL last week and have yet to manage to get online. I was unsuccessful with my roommate's WinXP laptop (possibly because Verizon's install CD screwed it up. See http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52756,00.html) When trying to connect with my Netgear RT311 router, I get the following after configuring section 4 and running the network test: Start dialing for node <Verizon>... ### Hit any key to continue.### $$$ DIALING dev=6 ch=0.......... $$$ OUTGOING-CALL phone(fefffffffffffe) $$$ Dial no answer I'll include my settings at the end of this message, in case anybody has any experience with the RT311 and Verizon DSL. I have a "straight through" cable between my computer and a hub, which is connected to the router with a crossover cable (I can get an IP address from the router and telnet to it, so I know that part works). I have the router connected to the DSL modem with the cable Verizon provided. I assume it's a straight through. I spent a whole morning talking to Verizon tech support with the laptop and, when I called while trying to get the router working, they informed me that they only support Linksys routers and insisted on knowing which OS I was running, after which they, of course, told me they "don't support Linux."(TM) After this, I went to my office at school and downloaded the Debian pppoe and pppoeconf packages (3.3-1.1 and 0.9.10.6, respectively). After installing them, I ran pppoeconf as root and was told that it found one device, eth0 (a 3Com 3c95x, I think), which was fine. It then proceeded to "scan" or something of the sort, resulting in the following error message: "Sorry, I scanned 1 interface(s), but the Access Concentrator of your provider did not respond. Please check your network and modem cables. Another reason for the scan failure may also be another running pppoe process which controls the modem." I have no idea what other pppoe process might be running. I doubt that there is any. Yes, I did remember to plug the computer directly into the DSL modem rather than the hub/router before trying this. Here's my RT311 config that I said I would include: Menu 1 - General Setup System Name= myusername Domain Name= verizon.net Edit Dynamic DNS= No Menu 2 - WAN Setup MAC Address: Assigned By= IP address attached on LAN IP Address= 192.168.0.2 Menu 3.2 - TCP/IP and DHCP Ethernet Setup DHCP= Server Configuration: Client IP Pool Starting Address= 192.168.0.1 Size of Client IP Pool= 32 Primary DNS Server= 0.0.0.0 Secondary DNS Server= 0.0.0.0 TCP/IP Setup: IP Address= 192.168.0.1 IP Subnet Mask= 255.255.255.0 RIP Direction= Both Version= RIP-1 Multicast= None Menu 4 - Internet Access Setup ISP's Name= Verizon Encapsulation= PPPoE Service Type= N/A My Login= [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Password= ******* Idle Timeout= 0 IP Address Assignment= Dynamic IP Address= N/A IP Subnet Mask= N/A Gateway IP Address= N/A Single User Account= Yes Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
