Re: pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem - Solved

2011-08-08 Thread Thomas H. George
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 06:07:43PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: We subscribed to Verizon DSL ten years ago. Overall the service has been as advertised, 3 Mbps. All last week we had major problems - system freezes and system down for times ranging from half an hour to several hours. Tech

Re: pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem

2011-07-24 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:53:46 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 04:28:25PM +0530, Mahesh T Pai wrote: Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: Maybe you only need to set the new modem with the same parameters (local IP address -or dhcp- settings, username/pass, etc...)

Re: pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem

2011-07-23 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:07:43 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: (...) Still it may be true that the old modem is gradually failing so it seems prudent to replace it but not if pppoeconf cannot find the new modem. Any thoughts? Maybe you only need to set the new modem with the same parameters

Re: pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem

2011-07-23 Thread Mahesh T Pai
Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: Maybe you only need to set the new modem with the same parameters (local IP address -or dhcp- settings, username/pass, etc...) of the old one. Also, review pppoeconf logs. That configures the modem as a router. The public IP address is acquired by the

Re: pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem

2011-07-23 Thread Thomas H. George
On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 04:28:25PM +0530, Mahesh T Pai wrote: Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: Maybe you only need to set the new modem with the same parameters (local IP address -or dhcp- settings, username/pass, etc...) of the old one. Also, review pppoeconf logs. That

Re: pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem

2011-07-23 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Forwarded Message From: Thomas H. George li...@tomgeorge.info To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:53:46 -0400 I'm a PPPoE user too, we are dinos :(. No issues for my ADSL modem when using

pppoeconf can't find new Verizon DSL modem

2011-07-22 Thread Thomas H. George
We subscribed to Verizon DSL ten years ago. Overall the service has been as advertised, 3 Mbps. All last week we had major problems - system freezes and system down for times ranging from half an hour to several hours. Tech support finally conceded the problem was outside our house. Apparently