Re: DSL speed

2008-02-27 Thread i'll teach you to turn away.
Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Z> The speed test at dslreports.com is showing my download speed as 625 Z> Kb/s. This seems a lot less than the 768 Kb/s I'm supposed to have. My Z> latency to their test server in NY was 50ms. Is there anything I can Z> do to to increase my download speed? I'm using

Re: DSL speed

2008-02-27 Thread Michael Marsh
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:30 AM, Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The speed test at dslreports.com is showing my download speed as 625 > Kb/s. This seems a lot less than the 768 Kb/s I'm supposed to have. My > latency to their test server in NY was 50ms. Is there anything I can > do to to incre

Re: DSL speed

2008-02-27 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Zach wrote: The speed test at dslreports.com is showing my download speed as 625 Kb/s. This seems a lot less than the 768 Kb/s I'm supposed to have. My ISPs usually give you the down speed in killer bits not killer bites. So it sounds more impressive. So if you get 768 kil

Re: DSL speed

2008-02-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 06:30:03AM +, Zach wrote: > The speed test at dslreports.com is showing my download speed as 625 > Kb/s. This seems a lot less than the 768 Kb/s I'm supposed to have. My You were not really expecting to get 768 Kb/s, did you? But you should also try other test sites (e

Re: DSL in Linux - direct setup?

2008-02-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Original Message: - From: Brian McKee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:22:40 -0500 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DSL in Linux - direct setup? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 23-Feb-08, at 11:38 PM, Zach wrote: >

Re: DSL in Linux - direct setup?

2008-02-25 Thread Brian McKee
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 23-Feb-08, at 11:38 PM, Zach wrote: I have the DSL modem, plugged the ethernet cable between ETHERNET port on modem and my NIC, I attached the phone line into the DSL port on the modem but I still don't see any network connection.>

Re: DSL in Linux - direct setup?

2008-02-24 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:10:41PM +, Richard Lyons wrote: > PS -- sorry about the delay, but the list seems to be blocking my mail > so I had to resend port forwarded through another server. Likewise, > apologies if this is duplicated. Maybe this could helps (I mean the last question, bec

Re: DSL in Linux - direct setup?

2008-02-24 Thread Richard Lyons
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 11:38:25PM -0500, Zach wrote: > I have the DSL modem, plugged the ethernet cable between ETHERNET port > on modem and my NIC, I attached the phone line into the DSL port on > the modem but I still don't see any network connection. My ISP said > they use PPPoE but they never

Re: DSL in Linux - direct setup?

2008-02-24 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 11:38:25PM -0500, Zach wrote: > I have the DSL modem, plugged the ethernet cable between ETHERNET port > on modem and my NIC, I attached the phone line into the DSL port on > the modem but I still don't see any network connection. My ISP said > they use PPPoE but they never

Re: DSL in Linux - direct setup?

2008-02-23 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 11:38:25PM -0500, Zach wrote: > I have the DSL modem, plugged the ethernet cable between ETHERNET port > on modem and my NIC, I attached the phone line into the DSL port on > the modem but I still don't see any network connection. My ISP said > they use PPPoE but they never

Re: DSL modems over USB?

2008-01-26 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 01:21 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Why not place hub or switch between modem and other computers... Don't have one and all the computers only have 1 ethernet. Anyway, not important since most of the time only one computer needs Internet. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/

Re: DSL modems over USB?

2008-01-26 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 03:12:22PM +0900, Paul Wise wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 22:29 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > > As I see web pages, Speedstream 4200 supports ethernet too. Why not > > connect it by ethernet unless you have some feature limitted version. > > I wanted to connect 2 com

Re: DSL modems over USB?

2008-01-25 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 22:29 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > As I see web pages, Speedstream 4200 supports ethernet too. Why not > connect it by ethernet unless you have some feature limitted version. I wanted to connect 2 computers to it - one via USB and one via DHCP. After finding the drivers fo

Re: DSL modems over USB?

2008-01-25 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 07:53:09PM +0930, Paul Wise wrote: > Hi all, > > [Please CC me on any replies] > > Does GNU/Linux have any support for using DSL modems over USB? I'm > mainly interested in the Speedstream 4200 since I'm at a house that uses > it :( As I see web pages, Speedstream 4200 su

Re: DSL setup under Debian/GNU Linux with GNOME

2007-10-01 Thread Martin Moeller
* Khurram Pirzada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [28-09-2007 07:39:18 -0700]: > I have PIII, 800Mhz, 512MB RAM, with RTL-8139 lan-card and a ZXDSL-831D DSL > modem > with 256 kbps broadband connection. I was given IP address, default gateway > address but NO DNS address, with a user name and password to conn

Re: DSL setup under Debian ETCH

2007-09-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:38:16PM -0700, Khurram Pirzada wrote: > Thanks, > > Its ZTE DSL ethernet modem, model ZXDSL 831D, and its PPPoE setup. Actually > its my > first time ever to try to setup DSL under ANY Linux. I don't know much about your model since I have an Alcatel, but after a quic

Re: DSL setup under Debian ETCH

2007-09-26 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 07:29:40AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 08:51:58PM -0700, Khurram Pirzada wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have just installed Debian ETCH under GNOME mode (and NOT KDE). I have > > 256kbps DSL > > connection which works fine on same machine under XP.

Re: DSL setup under Debian ETCH

2007-09-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 08:51:58PM -0700, Khurram Pirzada wrote: > Hi all, > > I have just installed Debian ETCH under GNOME mode (and NOT KDE). I have > 256kbps DSL > connection which works fine on same machine under XP. Now I want to be able > to use > it under ETCH. [XP is installed on 40GB(m

Re: DSL hangs/disconnects randomly

2007-08-24 Thread Amit Finkler
Wayne Topa wrote: > Amit Finkler([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I have both SuSE and Debian stable (etch) installed on my hard drive. >> While in SuSE everything is normal with the DSL connection, it >> randomly hangs or disconnects (can't really put my finger on

Re: DSL hangs/disconnects randomly

2007-08-23 Thread Wayne Topa
Amit Finkler([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi everyone, > > I have both SuSE and Debian stable (etch) installed on my hard drive. > While in SuSE everything is normal with the DSL connection, it > randomly hangs or disconnects (can't really put my finger on which one > it is. I'll

Re: Re: DSL-hosted LAMP server with minimal electricty consumption

2007-07-24 Thread Jon Dowland
> Also, http://www.nslu2-linux.org I was about to recommend the thecus N2100, which is a beefier system than the nslu2. However neither would be particularly good at running MySQL or complex run-time code like PHP. -- Jon Dowland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: DSL-hosted LAMP server with minimal electricty consumption

2007-07-22 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 05:44:34PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, ... > However I'm looking for a server with a really small electricity consumption. ... Also, http://www.nslu2-linux.org -Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Univers

Re: DSL Howto?

2006-03-21 Thread Mike McCarty
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Mike McCarty wrote: Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Tell you ISP that you have a computer running Windows 98 and that it has a NIC but no USB ports, which will clue them in that they need to provide you with a DSL modem that has an ethernet plug on it. After that, you c

Re: DSL Howto?

2006-03-21 Thread Chris Lale
Wolfgang Lonien wrote: Hi, my brother installed Ubuntu for a friend. Now that friend just wants to change from a modem connection to a DSL (also modem-, so pppoe) setup, and they're having a hard time. Since it's a bit too far away to go and help the guys, and the machine is not yet connected,

Re: DSL Howto?

2006-03-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Mike McCarty wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> Tell you ISP that you have a computer running Windows 98 and that it >> has a NIC but no USB ports, which will clue them in that they need to >> provide you with a DSL modem that has an ethernet plug on it. After >> that, you can just setup DHCP

Re: DSL Howto?

2006-03-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Quoting kamaraju kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Wolfgang Lonien wrote: Hi, my brother installed Ubuntu for a friend. Now that friend just wants to change from a modem connection to a DSL (also modem-, so pppoe) setup, and they're having a hard time. Since it's a bit too far away to go and h

Re: DSL Howto?

2006-03-21 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Wolfgang Lonien wrote: Hi, my brother installed Ubuntu for a friend. Now that friend just wants to change from a modem connection to a DSL (also modem-, so pppoe) setup, and they're having a hard time. Since it's a bit too far away to go and help the guys, and the machine is not yet connected,

Re: DSL+PPPoE with Efficient Networks LANL card (legacy SBC)?

2004-11-21 Thread Jacob S
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:26:34 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > They installed an unmarked PCI card which reads > "Efficient Networks (LANL)" in lspci. It's got one > green LED and an RJ11 phone jack. There is no external > DSL modem/bridge/router; this thing just hooks up to > the phone line ups

Re: dsl Verizon.com

2004-03-19 Thread Jerome R. Acks
Easiest way I found to connect to verizon DSL was to purchase Linksys BEFSR41 cable/DSL router and connect through that. You just setup the router up to login to verizon and plug the ethernet cable from your network card into the router. You can either set up static IP on your computer or setup DH

Re: dsl Verizon.com

2004-03-19 Thread Roberto Sanchez
H. S. wrote: Apparently, _Christopher J. Noyes_, on 03/19/04 00:00,typed: I have DSL with verizon.com. It uses a Westel Wirespeed external modem connected to a network card though ethernet. Does anyone know how configure this on debian? Christopher J. Noyes (maybe this explains why you are usi

Re: dsl Verizon.com

2004-03-19 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Paul Johnson wrote: "Christopher J. Noyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I have DSL with verizon.com. It uses a Westel Wirespeed external modem connected to a network card though ethernet. Does anyone know how configure this on debian? If you're lucky, and they're not using PPPoE, then this will

Re: dsl Verizon.com

2004-03-18 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "Christopher J. Noyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have DSL with verizon.com. It uses a Westel Wirespeed external modem > connected to a network card though ethernet. Does anyone know how configure > this on debian? If you're lucky, and they're n

Re: dsl Verizon.com

2004-03-18 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Christopher J. Noyes_, on 03/19/04 00:00,typed: I have DSL with verizon.com. It uses a Westel Wirespeed external modem connected to a network card though ethernet. Does anyone know how configure this on debian? Christopher J. Noyes (maybe this explains why you are using M$ LookOut to

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-27 Thread Mike M
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 04:16:02PM +0100, Christian Schnobrich wrote: > On Fre, 2004-02-27 at 02:31, Mike M wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 06:06:48PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > > > > > > - Download speed: 201.000 KBits/sec ( 4 times faster than a 56k modem ) > > > - Upload speed: 227.000

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-27 Thread Christian Schnobrich
On Fre, 2004-02-27 at 02:31, Mike M wrote: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 06:06:48PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > > > > - Download speed: 201.000 KBits/sec ( 4 times faster than a 56k modem ) > > - Upload speed: 227.000 KBits/sec ( 7 times faster than a 56k modem ) > > 7x ? Yup. Dont forget that

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-27 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 11:34:24PM -0500, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:31:32 -0500 > Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On a final note, my DSL service sucked. Broadband on cable is _much_ > > better. YMMV. > > Yeah, MMDV. It's all the providers, and what they provide.

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-26 Thread Ken Irving
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 04:09:36PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > ... > About three weeks ago I noticed when performing apt-get updates and installs, > that my download speeds dropped to 30 KB/s and below. I blew it off as a > temporary network issue but the problem is not going away. > ... Maybe h

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-26 Thread Jeff Elkins
On Thursday 26 February 2004 4:21 pm, Ken Irving wrote: >On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 04:09:36PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: >> ... >> About three weeks ago I noticed when performing apt-get updates and >> installs, that my download speeds dropped to 30 KB/s and below. I blew it >> off as a temporary netw

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-26 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 06:06:48PM -0500, Jeff Elkins wrote: > > - Download speed: 201.000 KBits/sec ( 4 times faster than a 56k modem ) > - Upload speed: 227.000 KBits/sec ( 7 times faster than a 56k modem ) 7x ? > > I now have to fight my way through crap tech support. I've deal with to

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-26 Thread Chris Metzler
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:31:32 -0500 Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On a final note, my DSL service sucked. Broadband on cable is _much_ > better. YMMV. Yeah, MMDV. It's all the providers, and what they provide. Here, I my DSL, and you couldn't pay me to switch to cable. But OTOH, I hav

Re: DSL problem (possibly OT)

2004-02-26 Thread Nano Nano
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 11:34:24PM -0500, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:31:32 -0500 > Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On a final note, my DSL service sucked. Broadband on cable is _much_ > > better. YMMV. > > Yeah, MMDV. It's all the providers, and what they provide.

Re: dsl problem on Mac ibook with Debian PPC 2.4.x

2003-03-29 Thread ronin2
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 22:43:58 -0500 Brad Tilley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's the errors that I see in /var/log/ppp-connect-errors: > > pppoe: read (asyncReadFromPPP) Input/output error > pppoe: Timeout waiting for PADO packets > > Here's what shows up in /var/log/messages: > > Mar 30 01:0

Re: DSL issue

2003-03-17 Thread D.
--- Craig Mead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Trying to get iiNet DSL working on my Debian box > > Very confused as to whats happening. I've googled > the error, a few others > have posted about it, but there are 0 replies. > > Most sites just say, install Roaring Penguin, > install, run adsl-setu

Re: DSL issue

2003-03-16 Thread Paul Lewis
On 2003.03.16 23:13 Craig Mead wrote: Trying to get iiNet DSL working on my Debian box Very confused as to whats happening. I've googled the error, a few others have posted about it, but there are 0 replies. Most sites just say, install Roaring Penguin, install, run adsl-setup and then adsl-start.

Re: DSL connecting using a USB modem

2003-02-07 Thread Sam Varghese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 12:20:46AM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson spake thus: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 03:51:17PM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote: > | On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 06:07:03PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson spake thus: > | > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 08

Re: DSL connecting using a USB modem

2003-02-07 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 03:51:17PM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote: | On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 06:07:03PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson spake thus: | > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 08:11:51AM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote: | > | i've been trying to find some app which would let me connect to the net | > | with an u

Re: DSL connecting using a USB modem

2003-02-07 Thread Sam Varghese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 06:07:03PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson spake thus: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 08:11:51AM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote: > | i've been trying to find some app which would let me connect to the net > | with an usb dsl modem and have d

Re: DSL connecting using a USB modem

2003-02-07 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 08:11:51AM +1100, Sam Varghese wrote: | i've been trying to find some app which would let me connect to the net | with an usb dsl modem and have drawn a blank. | | would anyone on the list know of any app that can be used? You don't need an "app", you need a device driver.

Re: DSL and Sound Configuration

2003-01-20 Thread Bob Proulx
Kris K wrote: > > I'm having problems configuring my ADSL connection w/Debian. I have a > Lynksys BEFW11S4 V.2 Etherfast Router that connects to the internet via my > Efficient Network's 5360 Speedstream Modem. I use a Lynksys 10/100 > Etherfast Card. Here's the rundown. Okay, stop right th

Re: DSL and Sound Configuration

2003-01-20 Thread Greg Madden
On Monday 20 January 2003 02:26 pm, Kris K wrote: > Hi all: > > I'm having problems configuring my ADSL connection w/Debian. I have a > Lynksys BEFW11S4 V.2 Etherfast Router that connects to the internet via > my Efficient Network's 5360 Speedstream Modem. I use a Lynksys 10/100 > Etherfast Card.

Re: DSL with several PCs

2002-09-10 Thread Axel Schlicht
Stephen Gran wrote: Hi Stephen Someone (I read his mail, jotted down the path to the HowTo and somehow happened to erase his posting) also advised me to read the PMasquerade HowTo which also looks very promising and combined with your help should aneble me to yonquer this problem. Being busy the

Re: DSL with several PCs

2002-09-09 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Axel Schlicht said: > Hi * > > Currently I am setting up a small network trying and connecting all my > old PCs. It's partly just to see how to do stuff, partly it's needed. > > The needed part is (the stuff that has to work soon): > An old P I 233 with two network c

Re: DSL connexant PCI card

2002-06-14 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 10:33:47AM +0200, David Dumortier wrote: | I've got a Olitec DSL-modem chipset Connexant under woody, kernel 2.4.18 | and my pinguin box don't want to configure it !!! | | I explain : | - scanpci & lspci say IRQs, adresses and others but say unknown device lspci should te

Re: DSL router and networking - Help!

2002-01-14 Thread George Karaolides
Hi Philip, On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Phillip Deackes wrote: > I use Samba on the Linux box so that the Windows machine can print to the > Linux printers, and squidso that the Windows machine can access web > sites. > > In my Linux PC I have two network cards. One card is connected to thecable > mo

Re: DSL router and networking - Help!

2002-01-14 Thread George Karaolides
Hi Philip, On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Phillip Deackes wrote: > I use Samba on the Linux box so that the Windows machine can print to the > Linux printers, and squidso that the Windows machine can access web > sites. > > In my Linux PC I have two network cards. One card is connected to thecable > mo

Re: DSL router and networking - Help!

2002-01-11 Thread Adam Majer
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 08:29:40PM +, Phillip Deackes wrote: > Pro I intend removing the second card on the Linux box since the STP can > be plugged into my hub. What I would like to do is to continue using the > networking I have already setup for file sharing and printing (though > there will

Re: DSL connection has stopped working in Debian.

2001-09-23 Thread Jason Boxman
On Sunday 23 September 2001 05:50 am, Jack Andrews wrote: My only question is have you run apt-get lately? Maybe a package was updated and something changed. I would've suggested checking the cable, but if you can ping then it's probably fine, so I'm at a loss. That's pretty weird. I think i

Re: DSL Providers

2001-09-18 Thread Hall Stevenson
> has any one have any experience with a dsl provider in > the san francisco (south bay) area that doesn't immediately > go catatonic if the os is not from the great Satan of the > northwest? I signed up with Mindspring (they had merged but they were still operating seperately at the time) for

Re: DSL with pppoe

2001-04-02 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote: > [Description of complicated problem omitted] > > I am very confused. Can anyone give me a hint, how to setup DSL? > > Thanks! > juh > > > I set up pppoe as written in README.Debian. So I edited > > /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider and all the other files. > I'm not sure

Re: DSL with pppoe

2001-04-01 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
Hallo Debian! Sorry for answering my own massage. But yesterday I managed to connect to my dsl-provider. But today linux hangs on boot-up. I have this in /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot ,[ ppp_on_boot ] | ###!/bin/sh | # | # Rename this file to ppp_on_boot and pppd will be fired up as | # soon as t

RE: dsl cisco 678 router

2001-03-07 Thread Chad Maine
Look here: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/474/pswdrec_6xx.html -Original Message- From: John Griffiths [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 4:02 PM To: Matt Fair Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: dsl cisco 678 router At 05:56 PM 3/7/2001 -0600, Matt

Re: dsl cisco 678 router

2001-03-07 Thread John Griffiths
At 05:56 PM 3/7/2001 -0600, Matt Fair wrote: >Hey, >I set a password on my router a while ago and cannot remember what my >password is. Is there a way to purge all the information on the cisco >router? >Thanks, >Matt The router Guru here says there is a way.. but he's F***ed if he can remember...

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Robert Tucker
Forrest English wrote: > it's really easy then. just enter the same settings for your ethernet > card in linux as you would in windows. you will be prompted for this info > on the installation of debian. > > might i suggest for a first time storm? (stormix.com) it's debian based, > and compat

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Forrest English
it's really easy then. just enter the same settings for your ethernet card in linux as you would in windows. you will be prompted for this info on the installation of debian. might i suggest for a first time storm? (stormix.com) it's debian based, and compatable with debian in everyway. but,

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Robert Tucker
I'm using a Kingston ethernet card (internal) to an Alcatel LAN (external). Right now I using W95 and so it is very difficult to find all the info that it seems I need... I'm upgrading to linux and don't have a clue as to what I'm doing with the exception that I know that ANYTHING is better than

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Robert Tucker
Hall Stevenson wrote: > > I'm new to linux and I'm looking to find out how to set > > up for DSL (which I'm using under W95. I need to know > > what program(s) I'll need to get online with linux. Anyone > > have experience with DSL? > > You need to find out if your ISP uses PPPoE (most common w/DS

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
> > If it's PPPoE, I'd suggest getting the Roaring Penguin > > PPPoE client. I believe it's available through apt-get. > > Installing it will run the config program for it (or adsl-setup, > > I think). You'll need to know your ISP's DNS servers. > > package name? I just did a real quick search and

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Hall Stevenson (on Tue, 06 Mar 2001 04:21:44PM -0500): > You need to find out if your ISP uses PPPoE (most common w/DSL), DHCP, > or assigns static IP addresses. If they use static, you should have been > given an address to use. i think he's using pppoe. > If it's PPPoE, I'd suggest

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Forrest English
you're gonna have to explain that a bit more. ppp or bridging mode? are you using an external router or an internal dsl modem? bridging external router is easy. anything else... i've never used. -- Forrest English http://truffula.net "When we have nothing left to give There will be no reaso

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I'm new to linux and I'm looking to find out how to set > up for DSL (which I'm using under W95. I need to know > what program(s) I'll need to get online with linux. Anyone > have experience with DSL? You need to find out if your ISP uses PPPoE (most common w/DSL), DHCP, or assigns static IP add

Re: DSL

2001-03-06 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 01:11:25 -0800, Robert Tucker wrote: > I'm new to linux and I'm looking to find out how to set up for DSL (which > I'm using under W95. I need to know what program(s) I'll need to get > online with linux. This depends on the particulars of your DSL service. E.g. here in .n

Re: DSL & NT

2001-02-17 Thread wujf
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 02:43:57PM +0100, Erich Baur wrote: > Hi *, > > Since some days I'm able to access the internet through a MS Proxy Server > (MS Proxy Server 2.0 runs on a NT machine in a network). I just had > to change to Browser/Proxy settings to the right values. > But how is it possib

Re: DSL & NT

2001-02-16 Thread Nick
ttcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User List" ; "Erich Baur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 7:13 AM Subject: Re: DSL & NT > The simple way would be to make a linux mashine the router and simply > masquerade.what about tha

Re: DSL & NT

2001-02-16 Thread Hanno Böttcher
The simple way would be to make a linux mashine the router and simply masquerade.what about that?` bOhA - Original Message - From: Erich Baur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 1:43 PM Subject: DSL & NT > Hi *, > > Since some days I'm able to access the internet

Re: DSL

2001-02-06 Thread Nate Amsden
Robert Tucker wrote: > > Ok. I'm a lost sheep. I want to install zenix as my operating system > (and trash Windows). I have read everything I can find and I find > nothing that addresses DSL. What I am looking for is a package that will > allow me to use my DSL connection with debian as my OS. I a

Re: DSL

2001-02-06 Thread Ray Percival
I assume you mean Linux :). DSL is easy. Get a external DSL router (The Cisco 675 works *very* well) Your provider may want to push a internal card on you don't go there. The external is worth the extra money. Get a good supported NIC. (Most providers will give you one insist on PCI and a good

Re: dsl

2001-01-18 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Matt Fair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just got Qwest DSL with a cisco 678. I am confused, what is the best > way to set this up? I want to have 3 computers on my lan to share the > connection. I installed dhcp-client. The modem also has a serial > connection, but I do not know how to acce

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-08 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, here is another ATT customer with ATT Cable connected to Debian. I run auth,telnet(Dahh), sshd, exim, httpd accessible from most net but all other ports are blocked by ipchains. If you are worried about ATT scanning, use your providers ip range to block access to open ports. Just plug NNTP

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-08 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Tom Marshall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010108 12:34]: > > Is there a general disapproval from service providers regarding > > servers? I wasn't planning on a news server, but I do have a web > > server and ftp server (in addtion to sshd) on my machine. If possible > > I would also like to run a mail

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-08 Thread Tom Marshall
> Is there a general disapproval from service providers regarding > servers? I wasn't planning on a news server, but I do have a web > server and ftp server (in addtion to sshd) on my machine. If possible > I would also like to run a mailing list. I think that in general, the cablemodem provider

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-08 Thread D-Man
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 09:02:21PM -0800, Tom Marshall wrote: | I don't have any experience with DSL, but I can tell you about the AT&T @home | setup. Most of the networking stuff should apply to either, but you | should *insist* on an external adapter with a ethernet connector to your box. | | I

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 06:32:20PM -0500, D-Man wrote: > > I will be moving shortly and will no longer have my T1 connection :-(. > I am considering getting DSL or a cable modem, but wanted to check > with the Debian gurus first. Assuming both services are available, > how well do they interroper

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-07 Thread Tom Marshall
I don't have any experience with DSL, but I can tell you about the AT&T @home setup. Most of the networking stuff should apply to either, but you should *insist* on an external adapter with a ethernet connector to your box. I've been using a 5x86-133 machine for my linux masq gateway for about 4

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-07 Thread Nate Amsden
D-Man wrote: > > I will be moving shortly and will no longer have my T1 connection :-(. > I am considering getting DSL or a cable modem, but wanted to check > with the Debian gurus first. Assuming both services are available, > how well do they interroperate with Debian? What are people's > opin

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-07 Thread Brian Stults
D-Man wrote: > > I will be moving shortly and will no longer have my T1 connection :-(. > I am considering getting DSL or a cable modem, but wanted to check > with the Debian gurus first. Assuming both services are available, > how well do they interroperate with Debian? What are people's > opin

RE: DSL & Firewall

2000-11-07 Thread mike
On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 00:32:29 + (UTC), Pollywog said: > > On 06-Nov-2000 Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > > >Why cant I just set my "/etc/hosts.deny" > > file to "ALL: PARANOID", comment out the "telnet" "ftp" and > > "http" lines out of my "/etc/inetd.conf" file? Wouldn't > > that be

Re: DSL & Firewall

2000-11-07 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 10:37:56PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > I too will in a near future get access to a DSL service. Excuse my > ignorance, but is a firewall really necessary if I only got one > computer? In the firewall HOWTO one can read that Well, I'll say this. I'm on a dial-up and I've

Re: DSL & Firewall

2000-11-07 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 11:08:57PM -0600, Chewie wrote: > On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 07:13:25PM -0500, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > > My "Mom & Pop" phone company had an insert in my latest phone bill > > that indicated they would be providing DSL service in the very near > > future. A friend of min

Re: DSL & Firewall

2000-11-06 Thread Chewie
On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 07:13:25PM -0500, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > My "Mom & Pop" phone company had an insert in my latest phone bill > that indicated they would be providing DSL service in the very near > future. A friend of mine suggested that if I get the DSL service > that I should set up

Re: DSL & Firewall

2000-11-05 Thread Jesse Goerz
Try going to www.smoothwall.org. It's a firewall distribution. My local LUG just had a class on how to install it. It is *amazingly* easy to configure. The only catch is it "takes over the system" so you need an extra computer. The beauty is it'll run on a 386 with 8 meg (so the web site claim

RE: DSL & Firewall

2000-11-05 Thread Pollywog
On 06-Nov-2000 Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > Why cant I just set my "/etc/hosts.deny" > file to "ALL: PARANOID", comment out the "telnet" "ftp" and > "http" lines out of my "/etc/inetd.conf" file? Wouldn't > that be enough protection for my system? > It is not enough, because most services d

Re: DSL dns problems

2000-10-22 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 10:22:42PM -0500, steve wrote: > Pings and traceroutes are running from 50ms up to 200ms, if I can even > get to the targets at all. > > My question is, could this be some configuration problem on my end, or > are their dns servers having serious problems? Verify that noth

Re: DSL, pump, dhcp, and more questions

2000-09-08 Thread Mark Schiltz
On Thu, 07 Sep 2000, Gary Hennigan wrote: > 1) /sbin/ifup is called via some init script (/etc/init.d/networking?) yes > 2) /sbin/ifup in turn reads a file, /etc/network/interfaces, which in yes > Now I have no clue as to how ifup, for eth1, decides what dhcp client > to use? If I have both pump

Re: DSL and Debian questions Round 2

2000-08-25 Thread Morten Liebach
On 24, aug, 2000 at 04:59:16 -0600, Gary Hennigan wrote: > > I have occasional need to telnet into my box from work, will this > > still be possible with a firewall installed? > > Generally, running telnetd is frowned upon. That's not to say it's not > secure, but it's easier to crack, and very

Re: DSL and Debian questions Round 2

2000-08-24 Thread montefin
ATTN: David Bellows Once, from an unreachable email address, Dave Bellows wrote [in part]: > 2. The firewall issue. I've never set up a firewall. Is there a > Debian package that will help with this? Any advice? I'm a little > surprised that this is any more of a problem with DSL than with

Re: DSL and Debian questions Round 2

2000-08-24 Thread Gary Hennigan
David Bellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello everyone, > > Thanks for all the responses. I think I'm getting closer to > understanding what's going on. So just a few more: > > 1. After installing an ethernet card and making sure the corresponding > module gets loaded do I just runt the pp

RE: DSL and Debian questions

2000-08-24 Thread Adam Scriven
At 00:12 2000/08/24 +, you wrote: On 24-Aug-2000 David Bellows wrote: > 2. I installed the default kernel in my system and didn't set up any > networking stuff (currently using a dial up connection -- I'm presuming > that DSL is a kind of networking thing). Where do I find the > information

RE: DSL and Debian questions

2000-08-23 Thread Ray Percival
ne co. >> Bellsouth (anyone have specific dealings with them re: DSL) and find >> myself in total ignorance of what's involved, so please bear with me as >> I ask these questions. >> >> 1. The service comes with an external DSL modem. I was under the >> i

RE: DSL and Debian questions

2000-08-23 Thread Pollywog
On 24-Aug-2000 David Bellows wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm contemplating getting DSL service through my local phone co. > Bellsouth (anyone have specific dealings with them re: DSL) and find > myself in total ignorance of what's involved, so please bear with me as > I

Re: DSL and Debian questions

2000-08-23 Thread Pollywog
On 24-Aug-2000 Nate Amsden wrote: > Also unless you know the ISP "approves" of unix i wouldn't mention it in > talks with them, tell them you use Win 3.1. and need a system that can > work with it. then you can be sure you'll get a hardware based non plug > N pray solution that should work good wi

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