Hi again,
I have been a bit slow in responding due to my
wallowing in the glory of ADSL after 15 years of a
28.8k dial-up connection.
But back to the point. What Bigpond should have done
was to have a FAQ for Mac that says something like:-
1. The Siemens 4200 ADSL Modem is configured (out of
the box) as a router.
2. It has a LAN address of 10.0.0.138.
3. The router administrative signon and password is
admin/admin
4. Signon as admin and enter the setup function to
enter your bigpond account ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and
password.
5. Logout of admin and use the newly entered account
and password to connect. (The router does the
connection, so no LAN computers need PPOE to be
configured in any way nor do they need any client PPP
software)
6. The router has DHCP switched on by default and
allocates addresses in the range 10.0.0.1 to
10.0.0.137
7. Each computer on the LAN can use either the
DHCP-server supplied address and subnet mask, or, if
you prefer a manual TCP/IP setup, then choose an
address of 10.0.0.139 or more with a mask of
255.255.255.0 and Gateway of 10.0.0.138
8. At the moment the Bigpond DNS servers are
144.140.70.30 and 144.140.71.16 but this can change
(maybe 10.0.0.138 will also work but I havent tried
this)
9. The POP and SMTP mail servers are both
mail.bigpond.com
10. News server is news-server.bigpond.net.au
You dont need OSX at all! Just any OS that has a
sound implementation of TCP/IP and ethernet, and a
computer with an ethernet port. My SE/30 with 7.5.5
and a PDS ethernet card works just fine. :-) but
is, of course, a less that modern experience with its
tiny black and white screen.
So an 10 item list would have solved all problems and
would have been much more useful than a windows .exe
(even maybe for PC users!)
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