On 21 August 2011 19:51, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:11:19 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote: > > > On 20 August 2011 05:56, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Wait... what are those "pppx" connections? Where are they coming from? > >> Are you using another device to get connected on Internet? > >> > >> > > The only other device I've used is the borrowed XP laptop I used to set > > up the modem in the first place. That was a wireless connection, even > > though I plugged the cable in. I was just so glad to get a connection, I > > let it go. Perhaps it's a hangover from that? > > You said you used another laptop with XP to test the connection with the > router but that does not explain what are pppd connections doing in your > linux box :-) > > (ppp are a different method to get a connection over Internet, nowadays > mostly used for dial-up modems or USB DSL modems but I'm afraid that's > not your case...) >
Will check out /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-providers. Sounds like I might have screwed something up in there. > > >> Can you explain how did you connect your windows computer to Internet? > >> What steps did you follow? Maybe this way we can understand what is > >> going on... > >> > >> > > That's all there was. > > Just the one machine, with a wireless config to set up the WAN, but with > > the ethernet cable plugged in. > > Possibly, with windows typical interference, it's configured the modem > > with his account details and I'm getting free access? The pressure > > builds. I've got to sort this out! > > It is still not clear what steps did you follow to get your XP laptop > connected to the router :-? > Just the ethernet cable, that's all. The pop-up for the quick connect just appeared on the screen. I didn't have to go looking for anything. Different laptop, mainboard. > > > I took a look at dmesg to see what that could tell me about what was > > going on. > > First in the sequence I got this: > > > > [ 2.129507] tg3 0000:02:0e.0: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95705A50) rev > > 3003] (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) MAC address 00:15:60:c2:63:46 > > [ 2.142802] tg3 0000:02:0e.0: eth0: attached PHY is 5705 > > (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[0]) > > That's the normal log for a network card. > > > Which seems to suggest that the non-free Tygon firmware is involved. I > > thought that was just for hard drives. Further down in the sequence I > > get this: > > > > [ 252.853480] tg3 0000:02:0e.0: eth0: Failed to load firmware > > "tigon/tg3_tso5.bin" > > (...) > > The network card requires a firmware, you should download from non-free > repos. Additional information here: > > http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware > Further along in the sequence, eth0 and the firmware seem to connect up, so I don't think there's a problem there. > > > And at last we arrive at this - and if it applies, I would have no idea. > > I just wish they'd write this stuff in English. > > (...) > > That looks like the firewall log, nothing wrong nor nothing you should > worry about :-) > O.K., thanks. So good to have constructive mentalities to talk to. Maybe I'll be able to help you one day. As you were saying, with eth0 and a cable, there's nothing much that can go wrong, so with the disconnects, it looks like the problem is before that. Regards, Weaver. -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion.
