Hey, thanks for your comments .. Even when I have an USB aDSL, could this be a bridged eth as you say or PPPoE ? My modem is still showing as up, but I get those msgs I sent before ¨"LCP not authenticating¨"
Anyway, thanks for your time .. maybe a cable modem would be better .. regards Gio On 8/7/06, Gilles Espinasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Giovanni Carpanetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 3:24 PM > Subject: [speedtouch] Re: Problems connecting SpeedTouch 330 USB PPPoA to > Inspiron E1505 (Ubuntu 6.06) > > > > > > Morning Gilles, > > > > When you configure the adsl on Windoze, with the CD the ISP (Cable & > > Wireless) gave me, you have two options: PPPoE and RFC1483 > (Multiprotocol > > over ATM). You have to choose the 2nd option, so I assume C&W uses > PPPoA. > > But yes, I guess as you correctly point that they're authenticating > myself > > at the hw level. > > > You are wrong at this point. PPPoA is RFC2364. RFC1483/2684 can't be PPPoA > but could be one of: > - PPPoE (RFC2516) > - bridged ethernet (using br2684 under linux. PPPoE is mostly one of the > flavor of bridged ethernet, another solution could be dhcp wich does not > need a login/password) > - routed IP (using atmarp/atmarpd under linux), this does not need a > login/password too. > > As you don't have a login/password, you probably don't use a solution > based > on PPP. > You probably need to set one of bridged ethernet or routed IP. Look at > your > configuration under Windows to know wich one need to be used. > Beware that dhcp could be used from Windows over routed IP but > that under > linux atmarp/atmarpd does not allow that. You would have to use a static > IP > and define by yourself gateway IP. > > Gilles > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ?subject=unsubscribe > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
