[nflug] DSL

[Joe]

Thanks.   Fun, Wow!  I ended up (with a good tech support person) hard 
resetting the modem and VoIP and doing both setups manually via their 
web interfaces.  I still have the install disk, but put away in a place 
from which it will never emerge!

Verizon just had (has?) a deal where they "sell" you a modem/wireless 
router (it's yours to keep after 12 months) for $15.  I got that for 
here and as soon as my DSL is activated, we'll see how much fun that is 
to set up.  It didn't come with a CD, so I feel safer already (LOL).  
Someone on this list said "It should  just work", but we'll see how my 
ancient Linux (and Windoze) handles it.  At least there's a big manual 
pdf for it.

Joe

Cyber Source wrote:
> <snip--When I was setting up my Sunrocket VoIP box, telling it to use 
> PPPoE (as SR tech support told me to do) cost me about a week of no 
> service.  When I finally got a tech who told me to turn it off in the 
> VoIP box, then everything started working.  How does that relate to 
> what you just said?--snip>
>
> Only one device/software should be doing pppoe. Whatever device was 
> the last or first (depending on your view but the device connected to 
> the outside line) should have been set to do pppoe, then if you have 
> another router (or even if it was the VoIP box), that should have been 
> set as a bridge to allow pass through traffic. The last device next to 
> your pc's should have been set to act as a DHCP server (if that's what 
> you want) and then any pc you have (Linux, windows, whatever) should 
> have been set as DHCP clients and that's it, no pppoe, nothing else, 
> as that's already being done by the first/last device. If you 
> installed the DSL cd in windows, good luck trying to turn off the 
> pppoe stuff, I couldn't find it but didn't look too long either, it 
> used to have a little app and I forget the name. I've actually 
> extracted that app separately off the cd and just installed that once 
> for windows, worked pretty good, just as Linux has pppoe clients by 
> default (many distros I've seen anyway). Somewhere along the line DNS 
> servers need to be assigned and other than that, you should have been 
> all set. Unless you have that setup right, your going to have problems 
> if it works at all. Add to that mix the new DSL modems that Josh was 
> talking about and it gets worse. I've installed DSL once with these 
> new modems and the install cd for windows (only choice at the location 
> ;)) and that's why I couldn't see what process was doing the pppoe. 
> Also remember that pppoe is not just run, it carries your 
> authentication info, so, if that's not right, whatever is doing it, 
> you go nowhere.
> I hope I cleared this up for ya. Common problem is that with 
> DSL/Verizon/Sun Rocket/whoever, they usually don't have qualified 
> support people and that can lead to confusion and time wasted, as you 
> know.
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