Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-20 Thread John Hasler
Larry writes: > I tried accessing 'myhome.westell.com' over dial-up and it said Server > not found, Not surprising. > and I didn't think 'nameserver 192.168.1.1' was correct because it's the > address to configure the modem. That is the IP address of the modem. The Web server in the modem that

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-20 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > I looked at your resolv.conf in your earlier post and I don't see > a problem. What problem do you see? I tried accessing 'myhome.westell.com' over dial-up and it said Server not found, and I didn't think 'nameserver 192.168.1.1' was correct because it'

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-20 Thread John Hasler
Larry writes: > I still can't do it because IE running under Wine won't download ActiveX. Try using Firefox again. Ignore any instructions Verizon gave you. > I still don't have access to the Internet, but I think it's because I was > never able to complete the modem setup on the Verizon site.

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-20 Thread John Hasler
Mike Bird writes: > I looked at your resolv.conf in your earlier post and I don't see a > problem. What problem do you see? He has no default route. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-20 Thread PauL Lane
On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 01:26:12AM -0800, Larry Fletcher wrote: > I finally got summary page to load and was able to change > the username and password. > > I still don't have access to the Internet, but I think it's > because I was never able to complete the modem setup on the > Verizon site. I

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-20 Thread Lo
Larry Fletcher wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: Can you open any browser and type in the address bar 192.168.1.1 and click go. This should bring you to the connection summary page of the Westell modem. I have already tried 3 differe

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-20 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > Can you open any browser and type > > in the address bar 192.168.1.1 and click go. This should bring you to the > > connection summary page of the Westell modem. > I have already tried 3 different browsers

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Mike Bird
On Sat January 19 2008 22:36:20 Larry Fletcher wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > Larry writes: > > > I know there's a problem with the `resolv.conf` but I don't know how to > > > fix it. > > > > Try "sudo apt-get remove --purge zeroconf". > > It's not installed. I looked at yo

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > Larry writes: > > I know there's a problem with the `resolv.conf` but I don't know how to > > fix it. > Try "sudo apt-get remove --purge zeroconf". It's not installed. Larry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Mike Bird
On Sat January 19 2008 21:25:25 Larry Fletcher wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > On Sat January 19 2008 18:55:27 Larry Fletcher wrote: > lotek:~# route > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway GenmaskFlags Metric Ref Use Iface > 192.168.1.0 * 255.255

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > On Sat January 19 2008 18:55:27 Larry Fletcher wrote: > > I can't find `route`. > Without 'route' your system may be unable to setup > your default route to the internet. I don't understand > what happened to 'route' on your system, as it is part > of t

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread John Hasler
Larry writes: > I know there's a problem with the `resolv.conf` but I don't know how to > fix it. Try "sudo apt-get remove --purge zeroconf". > I can't find `route`. /sbin/route -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [E

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread John Hasler
Mike Bird writes: > Without 'route' your system may be unable to setup your default route to > the internet. I don't understand what happened to 'route' on your system He has it. It is at "/sbin/route". He does not have "/sbin" in his path so when he types "route" as a user it doesn't work. "/

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Mike Bird
On Sat January 19 2008 18:55:27 Larry Fletcher wrote: > I can't find `route`. Without 'route' your system may be unable to setup your default route to the internet. I don't understand what happened to 'route' on your system, as it is part of the 'net-tools' package and you have 'ifconfig' which i

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > Hello Larry, I am running debian etch with verizon dsl. I also have the > Westell 6100 dsl modem. I believe that the suggestions you are getting in > regards to dumping everything having to do with pppoe are correct. > Have you gone into the connection

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread John Hasler
Larry writes: > Going by the replies I've received, if I use DHCP I will have to use IE > to set the username and password in the modem (the IE I have running > under Wine can't access the modem). Why do you think you have to use IE? The Web server in the modem will work with any browser. Try ht

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread PauL Lane
On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 10:09:49AM -0800, Larry Fletcher wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > Larry writes: > > > What I'm thinking is maybe Verizon gives people different modems. My > > > modem says it's a DSL2+Router, so maybe it would work if it was just a > > > DSL2 modem wit

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Mike Bird
On Sat January 19 2008 10:09:49 Larry Fletcher wrote: > Going by the replies I've received, if I use DHCP I will have to use > IE to set the username and password in the modem (the IE I have > running under Wine can't access the modem). I think this is probably > true, because I don't see a way to

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > I've been using Debian with dial-up for about 8 years and it's getting > > pretty slow, so I thought I would try DSL. The problem is I have > > absolutely no understanding of how DSL works. If I could get a > > connection I don't even understand how t

RE: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Original Message: - From: Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:51:29 -0800 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL I've been using Debian with dial-up for about 8 years and it's getting pretty slow, so I thought I would try DSL. The proble

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > Larry writes: > > What I'm thinking is maybe Verizon gives people different modems. My > > modem says it's a DSL2+Router, so maybe it would work if it was just a > > DSL2 modem without the Router? > Pppoeconfig will work if the modem is configured for b

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-18 Thread Marc Shapiro
Mark Neidorff wrote: On Thursday 17 January 2008 08:51 pm, Larry wrote: I've been using Debian with dial-up for about 8 years and it's getting pretty slow, so I thought I would try DSL. The problem is I have absolutely no understanding of how DSL works. If I could get a connection I don't e

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-18 Thread John Hasler
Larry writes: > What I'm thinking is maybe Verizon gives people different modems. My > modem says it's a DSL2+Router, so maybe it would work if it was just a > DSL2 modem without the Router? Pppoeconfig will work if the modem is configured for bridge mode (like mine) but not if it is configured a

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-18 Thread Mike Bird
On Fri January 18 2008 10:20:11 Larry Fletcher wrote: > This morning I noticed something new in the plog: > > Jan 18 10:05:43 lotek pppd[4903]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0 > Jan 18 10:05:43 lotek pppd[4903]: Using interface ppp0 > Jan 18 10:05:43 lotek pppd[4903]: Cannot determine ethernet ad

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-18 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > I have been using pppoeconf with a verizon dsl modem for three years > with no problem whatsoever. I have an old box I use as a firewall - two > ethernet cards and always the current Debian stable distribution. One > ethernet card is connected to the Ve

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-18 Thread Thomas H. George
I have been using pppoeconf with a verizon dsl modem for three years with no problem whatsoever. I have an old box I use as a firewall - two ethernet cards and always the current Debian stable distribution. One ethernet card is connected to the Verizon dsl modem which is connected to the phone li

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-18 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Thursday 17 January 2008 08:51 pm, Larry wrote: > I've been using Debian with dial-up for about 8 years and it's getting > pretty slow, so I thought I would try DSL. The problem is I have > absolutely no understanding of how DSL works. If I could get a > connection I don't even understand how

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-17 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > On Thu January 17 2008 17:51:29 Larry wrote: > > When I run pppoeconf I get: "the Access Concentrator of your provider > > did not respond." I have also tried pppoe-setup. At this point, I > > really wonder if the modem is even connected to the computer

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Larry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080117 21:28]: > I've been using Debian with dial-up for about 8 years and it's getting > pretty slow, so I thought I would try DSL. The problem is I have > absolutely no understanding of how DSL works. If I could get a > connection I don't even understand how the bro

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-17 Thread Mike Bird
On Thu January 17 2008 17:51:29 Larry wrote: > When I run pppoeconf I get: "the Access Concentrator of your provider > did not respond." I have also tried pppoe-setup. At this point, I > really wonder if the modem is even connected to the computer. Is > there a way to check it? To use pppoe you