All that setup sounds like hard work, for RedHat 7.2 you could from the
GUI just go. Programs, System, Network Configuration, click on the
devices tab and add an xDSL connection and fill in the info and it's just
there, comes up as a 'ppp' interface when viewed from /sbin/ifconfig.
On Mon,
I have had a few people asking me about my reference to Internode
in a previous post, so I thought I'd just followup publicly with a few
details here:
http://adsl.internode.on.net
I opted for the 1500/256k link with 500MB/month for $135/month.
Note: That is 500MB downloads, uploads are free
I opted for the 1500/256k link with 500MB/month for $135/month.
Note: That is 500MB downloads, uploads are free (Telstra charge
for both incoming/outgoing, in effect double charging).
There is no contract period, you are billed monthly and can terminate/
switch at any time.
The catch of
They do not use PPP authentication - no client software is required -
just hook your ethernet card straight up to the modem, and set up
your static IP.
Its worth noting that ADSL+router just bridges the ethernet. Hence why
its more an ADSL router than an ADSL modem.. infact, wouldnt the
Good morning all.
Is there a 'Telstra BigPondDirect - ADSL' Linux Howto type document
that will ease me into this wonderful service offering of Telstra ?
Steve Kerr
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Is there a 'Telstra BigPondDirect - ADSL' Linux Howto type document
that will ease me into this wonderful service offering of Telstra ?
Heaps in the SLUG archives: http://slug.org.au/archives.shtml
Although none will describe it as wonderful.
- Jeff
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Quoting Steven Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Good morning all.
Is there a 'Telstra BigPondDirect - ADSL' Linux Howto type document
that will ease me into this wonderful service offering of Telstra ?
I will treat that as sarcasm...:-)
Telstra ADSL sucks - BIG time... They can't even keep the
No, and you don't need it, just use the standard xDSL HOWTO.
I have to say that Telstra ADSL is easy with Roaring Penguin pppoe:
adsl-setup
adsl-start
adsl-status as a cron job to check the health of the connection
has worked every time for me.
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Steven Kerr wrote:
Good
The Telstra BigPondDirect - ADSL Linux Howto type document
This refers to an installation on RedHat 7.2 so ymmv.
When the Telstra Technician came to my door to install my Telstra ADSL
I was
curious why he had this massive hand book. Telstral _DO NOT_ support
Linux, the
reason for this is that
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To: Steven Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Telstra ADSL - Quick Query
| The Telstra BigPondDirect - ADSL Linux Howto type document
|
| This refers to an installation on RedHat 7.2 so ymmv.
|
| When the Telstra Technician came
Just use the scripts from roaring penguin
usernames are 'username@bigpond'
that caused 5 seconds of grief ;)
rebecca (insert name here) claims on her lil page
that she needed to drop the MTU in her internal
network.
i havent had this problem and nor has my friend
who also runs dsl via linux
Well my experience has been the contrary.
On one I provided a Win 2K box and the tech did the install with no probs
on my own NIC. I then showed him how easy the Linux install was and he
left me with the Supplied NIC (loose) and the filter.
In the other case I arrived on site at the same time
If you look at the rp-pppoe scripts you will see that they do this MTU
adjustment that is necessary.
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Dean Hamstead wrote:
rebecca (insert name here) claims on her lil page
that she needed to drop the MTU in her internal
network.
i havent had this problem and nor has
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