----- Original Message ----- From: Dinesh Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, August 21, 2005 0:06 am Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] MTNL broadband
> On Saturday 20 August 2005 12:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Am i crazy to use winblows??. > > How stupid of me to assume that ... :P > > > Actually the setup is very simple if u have used linux. The modem > > connects to your box nic with a straight cable. It has a default > > ip of 192.168.1.1. You fire up your browser and connect to this ip. > > You can change the ip to something else, configure static ips, dhcp, > > some basic firewalling etc. U can also telnet into the modem. U can > > reflash the modem with the latest kernel, busybox and anything alse > > that u want flash size permitting. > > Yeah, I have used Linux and continue to do so happily :P Thats why > I am on this mailing list :). Ha ha. I meant if one uses linux, as the mtnl guys had never used linux > I know the procedure. But actually doing it is very different than > reading about it. I think not. But i will call u for the next install. >BTW I heard these modems had a lot of heat problems and would stop > working (or reboot) after a while... is that true?? No. None at all. But the modem is well ventilated, and the psu is outside. rgd jtd -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
