Hi Am facing some strange issues with our broadband internet. Served by BSNL India.
First a range of the DSL / ADSl modems have partially functioning ports. Second one of the devices allows only some sites to work (like all google sites) I have two adsl routers The first a ZTE ZXDSL 531B 4 ethernet port and wifi router - this allows only some sites to be accessed. It seems like a known problem. The second a Dlink -DSL- 2520U has a malfunctioning (single) ethernet port but its usb port continues to work. *** Its a Catch 22 situation - the ZXDSL routers allows wifi and limited internet - but many folks (4 of us) can use it to access gmail , google news, some banking sites, some government sites and some others _- there is no pattern, _ ihave changed dns' both on the modem as well on local machines but it does not help. The Dlink router allows only one person - sitting really close to a short usb cable to use the net. ** It is possible to get a replacement but our location is such that the replacement modem will take atleast 10 days to reach. So temporarily was wondering if the following is a workable solution A laptop running Linux (Linux mint 15) is connected to the Dlink 2520U via the usb cable. The internet connection is shared (how is what i aim to ask) and via a ethernet cable i feed a linksys wrt54gl wifi router. If this is a workable solution may i request the following 1. If yes, How to i get a laptop that is accessing the internet via the usb connection to pass on the internet via an ethernet cable to the linksys router If its not possible - would you have any suggestions Would be grateful for your suggestions *** Its possible that tomorrow I may sit next to the dlink router and download the openwrt version for the zte zxdsl router - but that will take some time. and a lot more time to install and configure the device with i guess a chance of bricking the device all together. However if someone can google drive the said files and instructions maybe i can try and install them. I think the firmware upgrade is in two phases - first to install some cfe file and then install the openwrt firmware ** I have another router that seems to not work which is also a Dlink GLB-502T-V2 I don't think there is any openwrt firmware for this - if there is, then am willing to give this one a full go because as of now its just a piece of junk. Again if there is , may i request, that the firmware (and instructions) be google drived (as it seems i can access that) ** thanks and looking forward to your suggestions and advice Ram _________________________________________________________ Himal Prakriti - Information on Uttarakhand Floods and Post Flood Scenario Amazing Indians: Transforming lives in the hills Homestay with a difference
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