> Typically, you only need to enter your user name and password in the WAN
settings in the OpenWrt confuguration interface (Luci). Then the router will
dial for you.
FIrstly, what happen when I connect the TPE-1200 to the Trisquel is usually
one of these:
1) The network icon on the desktop of Trisquel rounds eternally. "Connection
information" shows that the connection is established but I cannnot enter the
login page of Luci.
2) The network icon freezes [attachment] right after I connected the LAN
cable from the router to the laptop. This is what was happening in these
several hours.
3) The network icon does not show anything special after I connected the
cable. This is what is happening right now.
4) The network icon shows that the connection is established and I can enter
the login page of Luci via Liferea. It happens rarely, since the last summer.
2 or 3 days ago, 4) happened. I was able to log in Luci and tried various
things but I think there were not the columns which I could enter my user
name and password. But maybe I am wrong. There might have been there. But at
least I could not figure out where I should enter the information into.
> If you suspect that something is wrong with your router,
It obviously seems something wrong. I did not buy a secondhand.
> then what happen if you don't use any router? (i.e., connect the modem and
your laptop with a LAN cable and use PPPoE dialing feature of your GNU/Linux
system.)
Right after I connect the modem and the laptop with the LAN cable, the
network icon freezes in the state of the attachment.
But yesterday or 2 days ago, it showed that the connection was established. I
remember that I could check the network speed (100Mbps) in Connection
Information and the IPv6 address(es?). Now it freezes so I cannot check those
information. From the beginning, I do not know well whether it is IPv4 or
IPv6, though. It seems to be IPv6. And maybe I should have mentioned that it
is a static IP address.
If I open the "Edit Connection" tab in the network icon, the Network
Connection screen appears. I click the "Add", then "Choose a Connection Type"
screen appears. There are "DSL" and "Ethernet" and others. "Ethernet" sounds
the right place to configure. But there does not seem to be the columns which
I can enter the information. In "DSL", there are the columns in DSL tab. I
have entered those information into the columns but it could not make the
internet connection.
I also tried to connect a modular jack and the laptop directly with a cable
(without the modem) but it did not work. Does that need absolutely the modem
or a modem if I use optical fiber communication or ADSL?
And what does that "PPPoE dialing feature of your GNU/Linux system" mean? Is
that the "Edit Connection" in the network icon?
Ubuntu seems to configure automatically the internet setting if you only plug
the cable in at a computer. Do I have to set the network setting manually? I
think I would be able to study those address or prefix or gateway or others
but I would appreciate it if I could configure those manually after I could
make the internet connection anyway. Thank you anyway.