Re: [newbie] ADSL connecting

[Peter Mann]

YankDownUnder wrote: Doesn't the modem have it's own webpage built in: I think you can get to it by doing something like http://10.1.1.1 => or you can check the docs => some of the modems have actually an ethernet connection along with the USB connection - most of my customers have that... Either which, once you've figured out how to get into the modem's internal web page, you can setup the username/password INSIDE the modem so that the connectivity is actually done by the modem - not the client machines. No matter what the idiots at Optusnet say (believe me, I'm on Optusnet - check the headers of this email) you can get your connectivity by at least setting the username and password and connection settings (auto reconnect) in the modem. Aha !  Light begins to dawn. On the Athlon (USB connection) Both Firefox and Konqeror time out on http://10.1.1.2 On the Dell (ethernet) Firefox delivers a page on Apache at http://10.1.1.2, but the online links time out. What we've done before in the past is to setup a system similar to yours so that the modem (IF in fact it has ethernet capabilities) into a 4 to 8 port hub, and the two workstations (or more) into the hub as well. The D-Link modem has an ethernet port, but the Athlon machine does not.  ----------------------------------------------- Some people pray for more than they are willing to work for. ------------------------------------------------ Give a man an inch, and right away he thinks he's a ruler.  Maxwell Smart.