Re: pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem - Solved

2011-08-08 Thread Thomas H. George
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 06:07:43PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > We subscribed to Verizon DSL ten years ago. Overall the service has > been as advertised, 3 Mbps. > > All last week we had major problems - system freezes and system down for > times ranging from half an hour to several hours. T

Re: pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem

2011-07-24 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:53:46 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 04:28:25PM +0530, Mahesh T Pai wrote: >> Camaleón writes: >> >> >> > Maybe you only need to set the new modem with the same parameters >> > (local IP address -or dhcp- settings, username/pass, etc...) of the

Re: pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem

2011-07-23 Thread Ralf Mardorf
> > Forwarded Message > > From: Thomas H. George > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem > > Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:53:46 -0400 I'm a PPPoE user too, we are dinos :(. No issues

Re: pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem

2011-07-23 Thread Thomas H. George
On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 04:28:25PM +0530, Mahesh T Pai wrote: > Camaleón writes: > > > > Maybe you only need to set the new modem with the same parameters (local > > IP address -or dhcp- settings, username/pass, etc...) of the old one. > > > > Also, review "pppoeconf" logs. > > That configu

Re: pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem

2011-07-23 Thread Mahesh T Pai
Camaleón writes: > Maybe you only need to set the new modem with the same parameters (local > IP address -or dhcp- settings, username/pass, etc...) of the old one. > > Also, review "pppoeconf" logs. That configures the "modem" as a router. The public IP address is acquired by the modem. (I

Re: pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem

2011-07-23 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:07:43 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: (...) > Still it may be true that the old modem is gradually failing so it seems > prudent to replace it but not if pppoeconf cannot find the new modem. > > Any thoughts? Maybe you only need to set the new modem with the same parameter

pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem

2011-07-22 Thread Thomas H. George
We subscribed to Verizon DSL ten years ago. Overall the service has been as advertised, 3 Mbps. All last week we had major problems - system freezes and system down for times ranging from half an hour to several hours. Tech support finally conceded the problem was outside our house. Apparently