Re: caught flatfooted with a 2wire gateway model 4011G
--- On Wed, 6/30/10, Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: caught flatfooted with a 2wire gateway model 4011G
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 10:57 AM
> 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.
>
Thanks Lisi, I will wait till I have a system again and take a look at the web interface.
Hugo
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