Re: caught flatfooted with a 2wire gateway model 4011G
On Wednesday 30 June 2010 17:49:58 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> --- On Wed, 6/30/10, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> wrote:
> > From: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br>
> > Subject: Re: caught flatfooted with a 2wire gateway model 4011G
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 10:37 AM
> > On Qua, 30 Jun 2010, Hugo Vanwoerkom
> >
> > wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I had to dismantle the Debian Sid system and move to a
> >
> > new location (Mexico). There I subscribed to Telmex´s ADSL
> > package. They gave me a 2wire ´wireless´ gateway model
> > 4011G and said they only support the unmentionable OS. So
> > support is, as usual, non-existent.
> >
> > > 2 questions:
> > >
> > > 1. I don´t understand what the ´wireless´ part of
> >
> > this gateway is. You connect 3 things, the phoneline via a
> > microfilter, the power cord and the ethernet cable to the
> > eth0 port. What is wireless?
> >
> > It could be a wireless router/access point. Does it have an
> > antenna? If not, then I don't know what it means.
> >
> > > 2. 2wire says that this gateway has a builtin pppoe
> >
> > client. So to configure it I only run pppoeconf and specify
> > the userid and the password and then run pppd?
> >
> > No. Since the device has a pppoe client, it can do
> > authentication itself. You only plug your computer and it
> > receives an IP via dhcp and connects to the internet. The
> > computer is unaware how the connection is established, your
> > device takes care of the details.
>
> Thanks Eduardo, but why does the ´manual´ tell me to have my userid and
> password ready? When and where are those entered?
When you get access via your browser. If you can't find the IP you need to
navigate to in the manual, then try the two suggested by Andrei. If you are
lucky, the first guess will be the right one!
Once in to your modem/router's web interface, there is likely to be a
connection wizard that will ask for those details. You will also need the
admin name and default password for the modem router, which should be in the
manual and/or on the base of the router.
Once in, you can turn wireless off and change the default password.
HTH
Lisi
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