T-DSL Settings and Intermittent COnnection Problems

2005-11-21 Thread Peter . Robinson
Hi debianers, after a recent update to unstable (haha), I have been experiencing difficult to trace problems in getting a net connection via pppoe to the German DSL (T-DSL) provider. Seemingly at random, it does not work upon booting,but does work after 1..n reboots. Here is what happens if I

Debian Install over T-DSL

2004-08-24 Thread Peter Robinson
Hi list, please forgive what may be a basic question from a newbie to Debian. In order to avoid downloading and burning lots of CDs with jigdo, I have tried to install the Debian testing version using a sarge netinstall CD (Aug 20). I was hoping to use my T-DSL connection to complete the

AW: sudden problems with masqueraded connections over a t-dsl line

2002-06-12 Thread Peter Lieven
: Re: sudden problems with masqueraded connections over a t-dsl line You got to fix those linebreaks; they were so bad I *had* to reformat things... And the odd uppercase letter wouldn't hurt either... Disclaimer: I'm not familiar with ADSL; I'm on dialup. On Tue, Jun 11, 200

Re: sudden problems with masqueraded connections over a t-dsl line

2002-06-11 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Tuesday 11 June 2002 22:07, Peter Lieven wrote: > since friday my isp german telekom changed some configuration in > their routers. > everytime when i connect to remote host through my firewall who is > masquerading > internal connections the connection to the remote host freezes after > a certa

Re: sudden problems with masqueraded connections over a t-dsl line

2002-06-11 Thread Waldemar Gorus
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 22:07:59 +0200 "Peter Lieven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > since friday my isp german telekom changed some configuration in their > routers. My english is bad, I'm sorry. I hope you can understand it. My network showed the same behaviour some weeks ago. The problem is your mtu

Re: sudden problems with masqueraded connections over a t-dsl line

2002-06-11 Thread martin f krafft
> > since friday my isp german telekom changed some configuration in their > > routers. > > > > everytime when i connect to remote host through my firewall who is > > masquerading internal connections the connection to the remote host > > freezes after a certain number of bytes has been transferred

Re: sudden problems with masqueraded connections over a t-dsl line

2002-06-11 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
You got to fix those linebreaks; they were so bad I *had* to reformat things... And the odd uppercase letter wouldn't hurt either... Disclaimer: I'm not familiar with ADSL; I'm on dialup. On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 10:07:59PM +0200, Peter Lieven wrote: > since friday my isp german telekom changed so

sudden problems with masqueraded connections over a t-dsl line

2002-06-11 Thread Peter Lieven
since friday my isp german telekom changed some configuration in their routers. everytime when i connect to remote host through my firewall who is masquerading internal connections the connection to the remote host freezes after a certain number of bytes has been transferred. i changed not

Re: t-dsl

2000-08-04 Thread Stefan Nobis
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, first of all, you want to assign the user an address via DHCP, > or else it's an administrative nightmare. You can use Radius, LDAP-based solutions and surley much more. With PPPoE there are even more possibilities to hack IP-addresses then with

Re: t-dsl

2000-08-03 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 09:34:08AM -0600, Arthur H. Edwards wrote: > I'm a bit confused. On a normal dial-up I have been using PPP and do > have a static IP address. If ADSL is using PPP what about DSL prevents > PPP from doing the same thing? Dialup is point-to-point, hence the natural applicatio

Re: t-dsl

2000-08-03 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 08:06:42PM +0200, Stefan Nobis wrote: > Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Smart people *can* get IPs that haven't been assigned to them, and > > it's a PITA to root them out. PPPoE, while a hack, addresses this > > concern for providers. I wish we used it.

Re: t-dsl

2000-08-03 Thread Christian Brandt
"Arthur H. Edwards" wrote: > I'm a bit confused. On a normal dial-up I have been using PPP and do > have a static IP address. If ADSL is using PPP what about DSL prevents > PPP from doing the same thing? actually its up to the radius or router of the isp to supply an ip. They can use a fixed ip

Re: t-dsl

2000-08-02 Thread Arthur H. Edwards
I'm a bit confused. On a normal dial-up I have been using PPP and do have a static IP address. If ADSL is using PPP what about DSL prevents PPP from doing the same thing? --  Arthur H. Edwards AFRL/VSSE Bldg. 914 3550 Aberdeen Ave SE KAFB, NM 87117-5776  

Re: t-dsl

2000-08-02 Thread Christian Brandt
Stefan Nobis wrote: > > Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Smart people *can* get IPs that haven't been assigned to them, and > > it's a PITA to root them out. PPPoE, while a hack, addresses this > > concern for providers. I wish we used it. > > Tell me more about this. What abo

Re: t-dsl

2000-08-01 Thread Stefan Nobis
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Smart people *can* get IPs that haven't been assigned to them, and > it's a PITA to root them out. PPPoE, while a hack, addresses this > concern for providers. I wish we used it. Tell me more about this. What about configuring the routers only to ro

Re: t-dsl

2000-08-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 03:56:35AM -0500, Sean Richardson wrote: > ... Apparently some of their initial customers > were setting up home networks and not masking the machines behind a > router(of whatever sort) and so their machines were each grabbing an IP > address. This was quickly eating up the

Re: t-dsl

2000-08-01 Thread Sean Richardson
A friend of mine asked his provider (SWBell) the same question when they thrust the PPPoe software into his hands and made him use it for his connection. They said that they had started using it because it provided easier administration of accounts...tracking and such...and because it limited the

Re: t-dsl

2000-08-01 Thread Stefan Nobis
Linux Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This may sound like a silly question, but what is the > use/purpose of PPP over Ethernet? Why is it better than setting up a > connection with ifconfig eth0? It's not better, it's very silly. But there are reasons. The one used here in germany: Mos

Re: t-dsl

2000-07-31 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 09:16:32AM +0200, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:12:18 +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > > >On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 22:04:45 -0300, Linux Newbie writes: > >>This may sound like a silly question, but what is the > >>use/purpose of PPP over Ethernet? Why is it

Re: t-dsl

2000-07-31 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:12:18 +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: >On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 22:04:45 -0300, Linux Newbie writes: >> This may sound like a silly question, but what is the >>use/purpose of PPP over Ethernet? Why is it better than setting up a >>connection with ifconfig eth0? > >Afaik Deutsch

Re: t-dsl

2000-07-31 Thread brian moore
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 08:12:18AM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 22:04:45 -0300, Linux Newbie writes: > > This may sound like a silly question, but what is the > >use/purpose of PPP over Ethernet? Why is it better than setting up a > >connection with ifconfig eth0? > > Afa

Re: t-dsl

2000-07-31 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 22:04:45 -0300, Linux Newbie writes: > This may sound like a silly question, but what is the >use/purpose of PPP over Ethernet? Why is it better than setting up a >connection with ifconfig eth0? Afaik Deutsche Telekom uses PPPoE for authentication/billing purposes, so he

Re: t-dsl

2000-07-31 Thread Linux Newbie
On Jul 30 2000, Mithrandir wrote: > Ich have a question too all of you, concerning t-dsl. Where can I > get a Kernel-patch for the pppoE (it would be nice, if it is for > 2.3.99, but if not no problem (I hope)). This may sound like a silly question, but what is the use/purpose of

Re: t-dsl

2000-07-30 Thread Jens Müller
afaik ppoe is a standard kernel module. Maybe there are also some packages. Your Denglish is quite good ;-) Jens - Original Message - From: "Mithrandir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 10:13 PM Subject: t-dsl

RE: t-dsl

2000-07-30 Thread Pollywog
On 30-Jul-2000 Mithrandir wrote: > Hi All ;) > > Ich have a question too all of you, concerning t-dsl. Where can I get a > Kernel-patch for the pppoE (it would be nice, if it is for 2.3.99, but if > not > no problem (I hope)). I use Roaring Penguin for DSL, but you can get pat

t-dsl

2000-07-30 Thread Mithrandir
Hi All ;) Ich have a question too all of you, concerning t-dsl. Where can I get a Kernel-patch for the pppoE (it would be nice, if it is for 2.3.99, but if not no problem (I hope)). For any further infos of how installing and so on, I would be very happy;)) Thanks for all