Re: Fwd: Billion 7800N

On 15 August 2011 21:34, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:28:26 +1000, Heddle Weaver wrote:

> On 14 August 2011 14:42, Heddle Weaver <weaver2world@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 13 August 2011 01:44, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> After configuring the modem through XP laptop, I can now access the net
>> through my Debian laptop.
>> The connection is very glitchy - lots of 'time-outs' - but a definite
>> improvement.
>> At least I have access.
>>
>> I'll just have to iron out the bugs, now, but it's been quite a
>> different experience.
>
>
> Here would appear to be the problem.
> I can access the net.
> Some sites I have absolutely no problem with and others just time out.
> This is with bookmarks I've had regular and unimpeded access to in the
> past.

Timeouts for "some" sites may require more debugging. A site can be
having any problem or your ISP may be having a routing issue with that
specific server... hard to tell what can be happening.

debian.org
Al Jazeera English
Oxford Dictionaries Online
My ISP's home page
Just for a few examples. This is not the connection, because I get other pages consistently, but these I am unable to gain access to at all over many attempts.

If using Firefox, you can just disable ipv6 because some sites become
painfully slow when this is enabled (about:config → filter by "ipv6" →
and set "network.dns.disableIPv6" to "true"). After that, restart Firefox/
Iceweasel.

> And I *still *can't access the modem interface in Debian.
>
> So, it's looking like a system glitch still.

This is what puzzles me because I definitely see no (good|logical) reason
for not getting access to the web interface from Debian. Ethernet is one
of the most standarized technologies out there so I dunno what can be
happening with that DSL modem.

Have you tried to get access by telnet ("telnet 192.168.1.254"). Some
routers do also allow to be managed in this way :-?

weaver@Bandit:~$ su
Password:
Bandit:/home/weaver# telnet 192.168.1.254
Trying 192.168.1.254...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
Bandit:/home/weaver#

The latest hint is this pop-up when the browser is loading:

Unexpected error updating default notary_list from web: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDataSignatureVerifier.verifyData]" nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://perspectives/content/common.js :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 185" data: no]

At this stage, I don't think there's anything wrong with the modem. Especially when it is considered that:

This is another new modem, as an exchange for another new one of the same type that I got the same behaviour from;
These modems are noted as being a good model;

I have been able to get an immediate connection to the modem from another laptop with M$'s XP.

I think I have messed up my install inadvertently, in a way that the fact that it is SID doesn't account for.

Thanks for your attempts.
Regards,

Weaver.