G'day Heracles,
The connection dropping out was only a one off. It was the modem that
dropped out.
I had already set up the connections for eth0, and the computer picked
the LAN address of the modem. 10.1.1.1. To get the connection to work,
I needed to type in the WAN address. But this only worked once. Later
on when I tried it I couldn't get it to work again. I have been
unplugging the phone to plug in the modem. Typing in the WAN address
doesn't seem right.
To add to the mystery, my laptop, running Ubuntu 6.06, will work fine
on my father-in-laws connection, but no dice on mine.
Could there be some setting the modem/router thats not right?
Thanks again,
Muz.
Quoting Heracles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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Hi Murray,
It should not drop out. However, two things to check:
1. Do you have an inline filter on all phones that connect to the same
line as the router(you don't need one for the router)? If you don't this
will cause problems such as poor connections and dropouts.
2. When the dropouts occur, does the router/modem drop the connection or
just the computer?
I should have remembered that dhclient.conf in the /etc/dhcp3
subdirectory resets it automatically when it poles so if you check the
Network admin dialog you will see that the DNS has been corrected
automatically for you.
Hope that helps
Heracles
Murray Waldron wrote:
G'day Heracles,
This worked, but I'm not sure exactly which address the DNS of my modem
is. There is a WAN address and a LAN address, I used both.
Also, the connection drops out after a couple of minutes. So still
something is a miss. To get it up and running again, I have to
deactivate then reactive the eth0 connection.
I'm happy to get my hands dirty in the command line, if this helps.
Thanks for your help,
Muz.
Heracles wrote:
Hi Murray,
Firstly, go to the System menu then Administration.
- From the Administration menu select network.
This brings up a dialog with both your ethernet card and modem.
select the wired connection (this is eth0 usually) and click properties.
Automatic configuration(DHCP) should be showing and no other entries.
Next click OK and select the DNS tab. In here put the DNS of your D-Link
router (ADSL modem).
Click close and open Firefox. It may respond a little slowly, but it
should work fine.
Heracles
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
G'day Slug,
Just upgraded to broadband, and discovered that I can't access the web
through my Linux partition. To my disappointment Windows can :-( I
can do
ftp on Linux, so it must just be some setting somewhere (I hope)
I'm a complete novice when it comes to setting up networks, and I'm
running an ADSL router (D-Link 504T) on Ubuntu 6.06LTS (Drapper?).
Turning
of my firewall, through Firestarte, doesn't help. I wouldn't have a glue
how to setup the network settings.
Can some kind soul direct me on how to get Ubuntu talking to the net
again?
TIA.
Murray
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