Ya, I was on the line with Telus tech support for a long time when I first got connected. They would not support Linux or my router so I had to find a Windows machine and connect it to the modem to try and get it running. Once I was up I persuaded one guy to give me help with my router and it turned out that my only problem was that I has PPPoE turned on (which another tech support guy told me to do). With the router up I don't have any problem connecting Linux and Windows hosts as it has a DHCP server. It is definitely the easiest way to go.
Jesse On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 22:46, Sean Dockery wrote: > Hi, Marcel. > > Chris is correct about Telus using MAC addresses; Telus HSIA does not use > PPPoE. Telus ADSL is "always on". :-) > > I installed the Telus "BroadJump" software on a Windows 2000 PC that was > plugged directly into the ADSL modem. Since then, I added a 4 port LinkSys > router and another machine into the fray. I configured the router to clone > the MAC address of the network card in the original Windows 2000 PC. I did > not have to install the BroadJump software onto the second PC. Every > machine I've plugged into the router has been able to surf the Internet > without incident. > > Sean Dockery > SBD Consultants > Certified Java Web Component Developer > Certified Java Programmer > Certified Delphi Programmer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.sbdconsultants.com <http://www.sbdconsultants.com> > (403) 860-2534 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marcel Lecker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 10:05 PM > To: CLUG > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Knoppix > > > Hi Dave, > > Sometimes ADSL is done through PPPoE, which is similar to dial-up (but > way faster). > > If he's got to "connect" to the internet to use it (as opposed to > "always on"), that's likely the case. In which case there's likely a > PPPoE tool you can use. Never used Knoppix via PPPoE so I don't know off > hand. > > Anyway hope that helps. > > Marcel > > > > On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 18:25, Dave Bourassa wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > > > Thanx 4 the reply and the info. Yeah, when the knoppix cd is not in the > > drive and it boots normally into Windows ME (ugh), it has no problem > > getting on the net. It's only when we boot it off the knoppix cd that > > we can't get access. I tried obvious url's like www.microsoft.com etc > > and no luck. If the trouble was in the windows platform I'd know what > > to do, but I'm still really green when it comes to linux. I didn't try > > a ping or anything, because it was my impression that it was just not > > going to work as the connection failure I suspected was in the > > recognizing the adsl modem and I didn't know where to start with trouble > > shooting it. I probably won't be able to get any more work done on > > this, as they live out of town, and therefore it becomes too cumbersome > > to try to solve it, but If I had some ideas as to where to look for the > > next time I was out there, that would help. > > > > Thanx for the response, and Happy New Year to all. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Chris Wallace wrote: > > > Hi Dave, > > > > > > The only real proviso with Telus is that you have to "register" the MAC > > > of the connecting machine with their silly little service (you receive a > > > private class A address until this is completed. > > > > > > Of course, I'm assuming that this was previously done in windows from > > > the sounds of it, so that would leave basic IP troubleshooting...i.e. > > > can you obtain a public IP addy from DHCP? Can you ping the gateway? > > > Can you ping a known internet host by IP or FQDN?, etc. > > > > > > I've got Telus DSL service and have had no probs with getting on-line > > > with Knoppix, so it's not the distro ;-) > > > > > > Best of luck with it. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Chris > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dave Bourassa at > > http://members.shaw.ca/djb.enterprises/ > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who > > understand binary and those who don't." > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > >
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