Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-20 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: Can you open any browser and type in the address bar 192.168.1.1 and click go. This should bring you to the connection summary page of the Westell modem. I have already tried 3 different browsers and none

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-20 Thread Lo
Larry Fletcher wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: Can you open any browser and type in the address bar 192.168.1.1 and click go. This should bring you to the connection summary page of the Westell modem. I have already tried 3 different

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-20 Thread PauL Lane
On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 01:26:12AM -0800, Larry Fletcher wrote: I finally got summary page to load and was able to change the username and password. I still don't have access to the Internet, but I think it's because I was never able to complete the modem setup on the Verizon site. I still

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-20 Thread John Hasler
Mike Bird writes: I looked at your resolv.conf in your earlier post and I don't see a problem. What problem do you see? He has no default route. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-20 Thread John Hasler
Larry writes: I still can't do it because IE running under Wine won't download ActiveX. Try using Firefox again. Ignore any instructions Verizon gave you. I still don't have access to the Internet, but I think it's because I was never able to complete the modem setup on the Verizon site.

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-20 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: I looked at your resolv.conf in your earlier post and I don't see a problem. What problem do you see? I tried accessing 'myhome.westell.com' over dial-up and it said Server not found, and I didn't think 'nameserver 192.168.1.1' was correct because it's

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-20 Thread John Hasler
Larry writes: I tried accessing 'myhome.westell.com' over dial-up and it said Server not found, Not surprising. and I didn't think 'nameserver 192.168.1.1' was correct because it's the address to configure the modem. That is the IP address of the modem. The Web server in the modem that is

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: Larry writes: What I'm thinking is maybe Verizon gives people different modems. My modem says it's a DSL2+Router, so maybe it would work if it was just a DSL2 modem without the Router? Pppoeconfig will work if the modem is configured for bridge

RE: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Original Message: - From: Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:51:29 -0800 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL I've been using Debian with dial-up for about 8 years and it's getting pretty slow, so I thought I would try DSL

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: I've been using Debian with dial-up for about 8 years and it's getting pretty slow, so I thought I would try DSL. The problem is I have absolutely no understanding of how DSL works. If I could get a connection I don't even understand how the

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Mike Bird
On Sat January 19 2008 10:09:49 Larry Fletcher wrote: Going by the replies I've received, if I use DHCP I will have to use IE to set the username and password in the modem (the IE I have running under Wine can't access the modem). I think this is probably true, because I don't see a way to

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread PauL Lane
On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 10:09:49AM -0800, Larry Fletcher wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: Larry writes: What I'm thinking is maybe Verizon gives people different modems. My modem says it's a DSL2+Router, so maybe it would work if it was just a DSL2 modem without the

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread John Hasler
Larry writes: Going by the replies I've received, if I use DHCP I will have to use IE to set the username and password in the modem (the IE I have running under Wine can't access the modem). Why do you think you have to use IE? The Web server in the modem will work with any browser. Try

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: Hello Larry, I am running debian etch with verizon dsl. I also have the Westell 6100 dsl modem. I believe that the suggestions you are getting in regards to dumping everything having to do with pppoe are correct. Have you gone into the connections

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Mike Bird
On Sat January 19 2008 18:55:27 Larry Fletcher wrote: I can't find `route`. Without 'route' your system may be unable to setup your default route to the internet. I don't understand what happened to 'route' on your system, as it is part of the 'net-tools' package and you have 'ifconfig' which

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread John Hasler
Larry writes: I know there's a problem with the `resolv.conf` but I don't know how to fix it. Try sudo apt-get remove --purge zeroconf. I can't find `route`. /sbin/route -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread John Hasler
Mike Bird writes: Without 'route' your system may be unable to setup your default route to the internet. I don't understand what happened to 'route' on your system He has it. It is at /sbin/route. He does not have /sbin in his path so when he types route as a user it doesn't work.

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: On Sat January 19 2008 18:55:27 Larry Fletcher wrote: I can't find `route`. Without 'route' your system may be unable to setup your default route to the internet. I don't understand what happened to 'route' on your system, as it is part of the

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Mike Bird
On Sat January 19 2008 21:25:25 Larry Fletcher wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: On Sat January 19 2008 18:55:27 Larry Fletcher wrote: lotek:~# route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway GenmaskFlags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: Larry writes: I know there's a problem with the `resolv.conf` but I don't know how to fix it. Try sudo apt-get remove --purge zeroconf. It's not installed. Larry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-19 Thread Mike Bird
On Sat January 19 2008 22:36:20 Larry Fletcher wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: Larry writes: I know there's a problem with the `resolv.conf` but I don't know how to fix it. Try sudo apt-get remove --purge zeroconf. It's not installed. I looked at your resolv.conf in

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-18 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Thursday 17 January 2008 08:51 pm, Larry wrote: I've been using Debian with dial-up for about 8 years and it's getting pretty slow, so I thought I would try DSL. The problem is I have absolutely no understanding of how DSL works. If I could get a connection I don't even understand how the

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-18 Thread Thomas H. George
I have been using pppoeconf with a verizon dsl modem for three years with no problem whatsoever. I have an old box I use as a firewall - two ethernet cards and always the current Debian stable distribution. One ethernet card is connected to the Verizon dsl modem which is connected to the phone

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-18 Thread John Hasler
Larry writes: What I'm thinking is maybe Verizon gives people different modems. My modem says it's a DSL2+Router, so maybe it would work if it was just a DSL2 modem without the Router? Pppoeconfig will work if the modem is configured for bridge mode (like mine) but not if it is configured as

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-18 Thread Mike Bird
On Fri January 18 2008 10:20:11 Larry Fletcher wrote: This morning I noticed something new in the plog: Jan 18 10:05:43 lotek pppd[4903]: pppd 2.4.4 started by root, uid 0 Jan 18 10:05:43 lotek pppd[4903]: Using interface ppp0 Jan 18 10:05:43 lotek pppd[4903]: Cannot determine ethernet

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-18 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: I have been using pppoeconf with a verizon dsl modem for three years with no problem whatsoever. I have an old box I use as a firewall - two ethernet cards and always the current Debian stable distribution. One ethernet card is connected to the Verizon

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-18 Thread Marc Shapiro
Mark Neidorff wrote: On Thursday 17 January 2008 08:51 pm, Larry wrote: I've been using Debian with dial-up for about 8 years and it's getting pretty slow, so I thought I would try DSL. The problem is I have absolutely no understanding of how DSL works. If I could get a connection I don't

pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-17 Thread Larry
I've been using Debian with dial-up for about 8 years and it's getting pretty slow, so I thought I would try DSL. The problem is I have absolutely no understanding of how DSL works. If I could get a connection I don't even understand how the browsers, etc. know how to use it. And this is after

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-17 Thread Mike Bird
On Thu January 17 2008 17:51:29 Larry wrote: When I run pppoeconf I get: the Access Concentrator of your provider did not respond. I have also tried pppoe-setup. At this point, I really wonder if the modem is even connected to the computer. Is there a way to check it? To use pppoe your DSL

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-17 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] [080117 21:28]: I've been using Debian with dial-up for about 8 years and it's getting pretty slow, so I thought I would try DSL. The problem is I have absolutely no understanding of how DSL works. If I could get a connection I don't even understand how the

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-17 Thread Larry Fletcher
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: On Thu January 17 2008 17:51:29 Larry wrote: When I run pppoeconf I get: the Access Concentrator of your provider did not respond. I have also tried pppoe-setup. At this point, I really wonder if the modem is even connected to the computer. Is