[almost fixed] Re: Verizon DSL (pppoeconf, WinXp, netgear rt311 don't work)
Once again, please CC me on all replies as I'm not
subscribed to the list.
Verizon called me at around 10pm last night to tell
me, as I had suspected, that the problem was with one
of their routers and not with anything I was doing.
So, my router now gets an IP address and everything's
fine and dandy as far as my router's concerned.
However, I can only do DNS on my Debian box if I'm
logged in as root and, even then, only
nslookup/host/etc or lynx work but not mozilla.
If I try host as user, it tells me "Nameserver not
running" and, if I run mozilla, netscape4 or opera, I
have to type in IP addresses to be able to go
anywhere, otherwise I get "foo.com not found" errors.
Somebody suggested adding PEERDNS=yes to
/etc/sysconfig/ifconfig-<ifname> but that doesn't
appear to have worked.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
--- DvB <imasu2003@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Please CC me on all replies since I'm not currently
> subscribed to the list. I start talking about Debian
> specifically around paragraph 7. You might consider
> the rest to be slightly OT.
>
> I just got Verizon DSL last week and have yet to
> manage to get online. I was unsuccessful with my
> roommate's WinXP laptop (possibly because Verizon's
> install CD screwed it up. See
>
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52756,00.html)
>
>
> When trying to connect with my Netgear RT311 router,
> I
> get the following after configuring section 4 and
> running the network test:
>
> Start dialing for node <Verizon>...
> ### Hit any key to continue.###
> $$$ DIALING dev=6 ch=0..........
> $$$ OUTGOING-CALL phone(fefffffffffffe)
> $$$ Dial no answer
>
> I'll include my settings at the end of this message,
> in case anybody has any experience with the RT311
> and
> Verizon DSL. I have a "straight through" cable
> between
> my computer and a hub, which is connected to the
> router with a crossover cable (I can get an IP
> address
> from the router and telnet to it, so I know that
> part
> works). I have the router connected to the DSL modem
> with the cable Verizon provided. I assume it's a
> straight through.
>
> I spent a whole morning talking to Verizon tech
> support with the laptop and, when I called while
> trying to get the router working, they informed me
> that they only support Linksys routers and insisted
> on
> knowing which OS I was running, after which they, of
> course, told me they "don't support Linux."(TM)
>
> After this, I went to my office at school and
> downloaded the Debian pppoe and pppoeconf packages
> (3.3-1.1 and 0.9.10.6, respectively). After
> installing
> them, I ran pppoeconf as root and was told that it
> found one device, eth0 (a 3Com 3c95x, I think),
> which
> was fine. It then proceeded to "scan" or something
> of
> the sort, resulting in the following error message:
>
> "Sorry, I scanned 1 interface(s), but the Access
>
> Concentrator of your provider did not
> respond. Please check your network and modem
> cables. Another reason for the scan
> failure may also be another running pppoe
> process
> which controls the modem."
>
> I have no idea what other pppoe process might be
> running. I doubt that there is any. Yes, I did
> remember to plug the computer directly into the DSL
> modem rather than the hub/router before trying this.
>
> Here's my RT311 config that I said I would include:
>
> Menu 1 - General Setup
>
> System Name= myusername
> Domain Name= verizon.net
> Edit Dynamic DNS= No
>
> Menu 2 - WAN Setup
>
> MAC Address:
> Assigned By= IP address
> attached on LAN
> IP Address= 192.168.0.2
>
> Menu 3.2 - TCP/IP and DHCP Ethernet Setup
>
> DHCP= Server
> Configuration:
> Client IP Pool Starting
> Address=
> 192.168.0.1
> Size of Client IP Pool= 32
> Primary DNS Server= 0.0.0.0
> Secondary DNS Server= 0.0.0.0
>
>
> TCP/IP Setup:
> IP Address= 192.168.0.1
> IP Subnet Mask= 255.255.255.0
> RIP Direction= Both
> Version= RIP-1
> Multicast= None
>
> Menu 4 - Internet Access Setup
>
> ISP's Name= Verizon
> Encapsulation= PPPoE
> Service Type= N/A
> My Login=
> myusername@verizon.net
> My Password= *******
> Idle Timeout= 0
>
> IP Address Assignment= Dynamic
> IP Address= N/A
> IP Subnet Mask= N/A
> Gateway IP Address= N/A
> Single User Account= Yes
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
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