Hi, Unfortunatley, I haven't yet got to the point where this can be on-topic.
My ADSL modem/switch/wireless box arrived yesterday. A netgear DG834G (which, by the way, runs Linux. Not completely OT then.) Anyway, I plugged it in, turned it on, and no ADSL link light. We've got 5 phone jack points, and I tried 4. No luck. I rang my ISP, netgear support (friendly chap in New Delhi), Telecom, then back to my ISP. It turns out that Telecom won't do anything for me (like testing the line to make sure that they really did enable DSL). My ISP (maxnet) were helpful, but bound by Telecom a bit, it seems. It seems as though either the ADSL works straight away, or it is logged as a "failed manual install" and Telecom send round a guy to wire in an ADSL jack point (for $150). I'm not sure that is necessary. There doesn't seem to be any Mr In-between. I'm reasonably sure it isn't the ADSL modem: I've borrowed a crusty old PCI ADSL modem which didn't give me a link either. Could it be the wiring in my house? The phone works OK. What I'm looking for is experiences/advice for the situation - a way to fix the problem without shelling out big bucks to Telecom for what seems to be their problem. Cheers, Carl.
