On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 11:01 +1200, ant wrote: > I've just subscribed to this list , because although I live near Blenheim, I > am sometimes in Christchurch. I have lots of rellies there, so I might manage > to get to a meeting (if there are any still?). > > The request is on behalf of my niece, who has a machine running some version > of Ubuntu (kernel 2.6.25.20 is all the information I have). She (and her > partner and 1 year-old) have just moved houses for quakey reasons. They did > have an ADSL modem, but now have signed up to Woosh ADSL, who have supplied > them with a router. The problem is that it sounds like the networking is > still set up for the modem, so they can't access the router. > > They are not particularly experts at this, and my attempts to assist them by > phone have not been successful. Does anyone feel like giving them a hand? It > may involve a visit - they live near the south end of Ferry Road. > > cheers > > ant > IIRC Woosh need PPPoE termination don't they... and don't use the USB connection if there is one?
That's a fairly old kernel - 9.something?? You may need to go oldschool and *edit files* to get that working as the networking gui was cr@p back then, and I wouldn't want to talk anyone through that. Unfortunately, I'm snowed in in the wops atm so can't help that easily if they're in a hurry. Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MNZCS <[email protected]> http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: [email protected] Skype: sholdowa
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