Cisco SOHO 97 Configuration

Can somebody please help me get my Cisco SOHO 97 ADSL router working?

I don't know anything about Cisco hardware and the person I bought it off
only included the "Quick Setup" guide which only tells you how to use the
crappy Java web GUI which doesn't work. So I'm stuck with the command line
which the more I use the more confused I get. I think I have some kind of
connection going because the ADSL "CD" light is on and when I do show
interfaces Dialer 0 it has my IP but when I try to ping something the dns
lookup fails.

I've spent hours searching the Cisco website which seems to tell you
absolutely everything apart from how to connect the damn thing to an ISP.

I have a Zen account with 8 IPs (5 usable) so I'd like to set it up to
have all traffic destined for these IPs to be routed to the LAN (i.e. no
NAT).

Here's my current config:

version 12.3
no service pad
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
service password-encryption
!
hostname gw
!
enable secret 5 ****
!
username Router password 7 ****
ip subnet-zero
ip name-server 212.23.8.1
ip name-server 212.23.3.1
ip dhcp excluded-address 10.10.10.1
!
!
no aaa new-model
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
interface Ethernet0
ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0
hold-queue 100 out
!
interface ATM0
no ip address
no atm ilmi-keepalive
pvc 0/38
encapsulation aal5mux ppp dialer
dialer pool-member 1
!
dsl operating-mode auto
!
interface Dialer0
ip address negotiated
encapsulation ppp
dialer pool 1
dialer-group 1
ppp chap hostname ****
ppp chap password 7 ****
!
ip classless
ip http server
ip http secure-server
!
access-list 23 permit 10.10.10.0 0.0.0.255
!
line con 0
exec-timeout 120 0
no modem enable
stopbits 1
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
access-class 23 in
exec-timeout 120 0
login local
length 0
!
scheduler max-task-time 5000
!
end

Any help is much appreciated.

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Simon Morgan wrote:
> Can somebody please help me get my Cisco SOHO 97 ADSL router working?
>
> I don't know anything about Cisco hardware and the person I bought it
> off only included the "Quick Setup" guide which only tells you how to
> use the crappy Java web GUI which doesn't work. So I'm stuck with the
> command line which the more I use the more confused I get. I think I
> have some kind of connection going because the ADSL "CD" light is on
> and when I do show interfaces Dialer 0 it has my IP but when I try to
> ping something the dns lookup fails.
>
> I've spent hours searching the Cisco website which seems to tell you
> absolutely everything apart from how to connect the damn thing to an
> ISP.
>
> I have a Zen account with 8 IPs (5 usable) so I'd like to set it up to
> have all traffic destined for these IPs to be routed to the LAN (i.e.
> no NAT).
>
> Here's my current config:
>
> version 12.3
> no service pad
> service timestamps debug uptime
> service timestamps log uptime
> service password-encryption
> !
> hostname gw
> !
> enable secret 5 ****
> !
> username Router password 7 ****
> ip subnet-zero
> ip name-server 212.23.8.1
> ip name-server 212.23.3.1
> ip dhcp excluded-address 10.10.10.1
> !
> !
> no aaa new-model
> !
> !
> !
> !
> !
> !
> !
> interface Ethernet0
> ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0
> hold-queue 100 out
> !
> interface ATM0
> no ip address
> no atm ilmi-keepalive
> pvc 0/38
> encapsulation aal5mux ppp dialer
> dialer pool-member 1
> !
> dsl operating-mode auto
> !
> interface Dialer0
> ip address negotiated
> encapsulation ppp
> dialer pool 1
> dialer-group 1
> ppp chap hostname ****
> ppp chap password 7 ****
> !
> ip classless
> ip http server
> ip http secure-server
> !
> access-list 23 permit 10.10.10.0 0.0.0.255
> !
> line con 0
> exec-timeout 120 0
> no modem enable
> stopbits 1
> line aux 0
> line vty 0 4
> access-class 23 in
> exec-timeout 120 0
> login local
> length 0
> !
> scheduler max-task-time 5000
> !
> end
>
> Any help is much appreciated.

You have programed the router with your ADSL login username & password
haven't you?

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 18:08:30 +0100, Kraftee wrote:

> You have programed the router with your ADSL login username & password
> haven't you?

Yes. That's what the "ppp chap hostname/password" lines are.

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On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:35:39 +0000, Simon Morgan wrote:

> I have a Zen account with 8 IPs (5 usable) so I'd like to set it up to
> have all traffic destined for these IPs to be routed to the LAN (i.e. no
> NAT).

OK, I finally have it working! Now all I need is to get it to do the
above. I've read about the "ip unnumbered" command but I was wondering if
there's a safer way of doing it? I read that if the ADSL fails to connect
then the Ethernet interface can't grab an IP so there's no way for you to
connect to the router. If I try to set it statically it complains (works
fine under Linux and BSD).

Also is there anything else I need to do to get it to router traffic
between the Dialer and Ethernet interfaces?

BTW, I got it working by adding:

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Dialer0 permanent

to my configuration.

Thanks.

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On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:44:27 +0000, Simon Morgan wrote:

> If I try to set it statically it complains (works fine under Linux and
> BSD).

Fixed. If you set it before the Dialer interface comes up it doesn't moan.

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