[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Hi, all. Can someone point me to some information on how to get my
> > shiny new Telstra ADSL modem working under Linux? I've got the PPPoE
> > client and kernel 2.4.0, so in theory it should work. But it doesn't
> > :-(
>
> Grah! I'll have to guess now.
>
> > Please Cc: any messages because I'm not on the list.
> >
> > I've used DHCP so I can get an IP address and talk to the modem. Works
> > fine. I can browse the WWW pages inside the ADSL modem. But when I
> > run:
>
> Is this Telstra supplied equipment? The Alcatel Speed Touch
> equipment I recieved doesn't have internal WWW pages that I'm aware
> of, not do you need to use DHCP.
Yep, it's Telstra supplied. It's the Alcatel Speed Touch Home.
> > # pppd eth0
>
> > to get a connection to the outside world, I only get errors in
> > /var/log/messages:
> > Jan 11 15:55:17 mobilix pppd[27866]: Plugin
> /opt/usr/lib/pppd/plugins/pppoe.so loaded.
> > Jan 11 15:55:17 mobilix pppd[27866]: PPPoE Plugin Initialized
> > Jan 11 15:55:17 mobilix pppd[27867]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0
> > Jan 11 15:55:17 mobilix pppd[27867]: Sending PADI
> > Jan 11 15:55:17 mobilix pppd[27867]: HOST_UNIQ successful match
> > Jan 11 15:55:17 mobilix pppd[27867]: HOST_UNIQ successful match
> > Jan 11 15:55:17 mobilix pppd[27867]: Got connection: 541
> > Jan 11 15:55:17 mobilix pppd[27867]: Connecting PPPoE socket:
> 00:90:39:47:00:3a 4105 eth0 0x807af38
> > Jan 11 15:55:17 mobilix pppd[27867]: Using interface ppp0
> > Jan 11 15:55:17 mobilix pppd[27867]: Connect: ppp0 <--> eth0
> > Jan 11 15:55:17 mobilix pppd[27867]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500
> > Jan 11 15:55:17 mobilix pppd[27867]: Couldn't increase MRU to 1500
> > Jan 11 15:55:17 mobilix pppd[27867]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500
> > Jan 11 15:55:17 mobilix pppd[27867]: Couldn't increase MRU to 1500
Do I need to worry about these messages? Do you get them?
> > Jan 11 15:55:18 mobilix pppd[27867]: PAP authentication failed
> > Jan 11 15:55:18 mobilix pppd[27867]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500
> > Jan 11 15:55:18 mobilix pppd[27867]: Couldn't increase MRU to 1500
> > Jan 11 15:55:24 mobilix pppd[27867]: Connection terminated.
> > Jan 11 15:55:24 mobilix pppd[27867]: Couldn't release PPP unit: Not a
> typewriter
> > Jan 11 15:55:24 mobilix pppd[27867]: Doing disconnect
> > Jan 11 15:55:24 mobilix pppd[27867]: Exit.
>
> For a start, you don't use PAP when connection to the Telstra ADSL network -
> you use CHAP.
>
> Your username should be <username>@bigpond, you password should be the one
> you were provided.
Hm. Do I just put these in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets ?
> Apart from that, you're on your own - I haven't used the 2.4 kernel's
> ppp/pppoe support.
>
> If you're willing to downgrade to 2.2, roaring penguin works fine.
I prefer to use the kernels I hack on ;-)
Regards,
Richard....
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