On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Andrew Errington <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:01:00 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 > > It sounds unusual. The original modem should be standalone, with no specific > settings needed on the PC. The new router should also be standalone, with no > specific settings required. The PC should be configured to use DHCP, and > should work with any network.
There are two types of woosh modem - one requires a pppoe connection, the other is integrated into a wireless router. Which type does she have? _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
