Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> Clive Dove wrote:
>
>> Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Netcomm ADSL Modem/router. It has been "off the air" for
>>> about 36
>>> hours, then mysteriously connected again. The only error line in
>>> the congig's diagnostic test is:
>>>
>>> Test PPPoPvc 0 IP connect to PPP - Fail
>>>
>>> The Help is very general at this point. What does it mean, and how
>>> far down the line?
>>>
>>> BTW, NetComm advise NOT to use their basic model, designed for
>>> Windows with
>>> no router. My ISP's rep couldn't understand why. Is there an
>>> explanation almost in "words of one syllable"?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Doug.
>>
>> A modem with a built-in router or a modem connected to the computer
>> through a separate hardware cable/dsl router allows the computer to
>> run on a private ip range using straight tcp/ip with dhcp and without
>> having to add additional software to drive the PPPoE or PPPoA
>> protocol.
>>
>> Your linux distribution probably defaults to connecting via straight
>> lan connection with automatic ip (i.e. straight tcp/ip with dhcp)
>>
>> To get better help on groups such as this, it would be preferable if
>> you were to tell us the make and model number of your modem and the
>> make and, if you are connecting through a router, the make and model
>> of the router.
>>
>> Clive
>
> O.K.: The Make is NetComm (previously Banksia). The model is NB1300
> suitable for 10/100 MHz Ethernet or USB (under Windows. Win98 refuses
> to configure via the network card, saying that if I have an NIC, there
> must be
> another workstation out there.) Under Linux I have an NIC with DHCP
> between the computer and the modem. and PPPoE on the "outside." It
> has a built-in router which can be configured as a straight bridge if
> there is
> another router beyond it. This gives telephone-line ADSL. The modem
> is
> set at 192.168.1.1, and sets the computer to 192.168.1.7. The
> external IP
> address is dynamically set by my ISP. There is a Web interface for
> setup, which showed the error I quoted.
>
> Doug.
Don't connect as a bridge. Use a straight NAT router configuration. The
public ip will belong to the router and the inboard equipment including
your computer will be assigned a private ip in the 192.168.1.x range.
Do not try to configure your computer for PPPoE. It should be
configured for a LAN connection with automatic ip (DHCP). So far as
your computer is concerned it is on a LAN and does not know about, or
needs to know about PPPoE. The router's dhcp daemon should give the
computer everything it needs to connect, including its ip address and
netmask and a couple of dns server addresses passed on from the public
network.
There is an online manual for this device here:
http://www.netcomm.com.au/Support/do...roducts=NB1300
Clive
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