After three days trying I'm getting low on stamina and I need help - whoyagonnacall ? - SLUG !.
I've installed a Netgear DM602 ADSL modem. It's running in Modem mode (As I want to use Linux to do the firewall and routing work) Powered it up, connected it to a windows 98 box and used it to download Mandrake V9 - no problems. The link works, the DM602 works, and it downloaded a gig and a half in about 9 hours. So I burnt three CD's and then blew away the windows machine, and installed Mandrake with no problems. This was three days ago and I had the ADSL connection working once at about 8:30pm last night and I browsed a few www sites happily. Since then something changed (and it's not obvious to me what) and now I cannot get it going again. As I try to start the rp-pppoe using the adsl-start script it times out while trying to identify the ADSL PAD(?). I'm using Roaring Penguin's PPPoE software (which comes with Mandrake) and I've read many how-to's and the roaring penguin site and I'm still stuck. No doubt I just need to learn more about networking and discover my own stupidity, but it would be handy if someone could point me at a resource that might help me work out what's going on ? Peter Hewett Director CommunEcom Strategic Communications http://www.communecom.com.au Level 3, 1 Gurrigal Ave Mosman NSW 2088 Australia Ph : +61 2 9960 6000 Fax : +61 2 9960 6333 Mobile : 0411 179 305 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] A member of the Global Fluency Network http://www.globalfluency.com email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I have often regretted my speech, never my silence." - Xenocrates (396-314 B.C.) ---------------------------------- This correspondence is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information and is intended solely for the named addressee. If you receive this correspondence in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or rely on any part of this correspondence if you are not the intended recipient. -------------------------------------- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
