Clive Dove wrote:

> Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>
>> Clive Dove wrote:
>>
>>> Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a Netcomm ADSL Modem/router. It has been "off the air" for
>>>> about 36
>>>> hours, then mysteriously connected again. The only error line in
>>>> the congig's diagnostic test is:
>>>>
>>>> Test PPPoPvc 0 IP connect to PPP - Fail
>>>>
>>>> The Help is very general at this point. What does it mean, and how
>>>> far down the line?
>>>>
>>>> BTW, NetComm advise NOT to use their basic model, designed for
>>>> Windows with
>>>> no router. My ISP's rep couldn't understand why. Is there an
>>>> explanation almost in "words of one syllable"?
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>>
>>>> Doug.
>>>
>>> A modem with a built-in router or a modem connected to the computer
>>> through a separate hardware cable/dsl router allows the computer to
>>> run on a private ip range using straight tcp/ip with dhcp and without
>>> having to add additional software to drive the PPPoE or PPPoA
>>> protocol.
>>>
>>> Your linux distribution probably defaults to connecting via straight
>>> lan connection with automatic ip (i.e. straight tcp/ip with dhcp)
>>>
>>> To get better help on groups such as this, it would be preferable if
>>> you were to tell us the make and model number of your modem and the
>>> make and, if you are connecting through a router, the make and model
>>> of the router.
>>>
>>> Clive
>>
>> O.K.: The Make is NetComm (previously Banksia). The model is NB1300
>> suitable for 10/100 MHz Ethernet or USB (under Windows. Win98 refuses
>> to configure via the network card, saying that if I have an NIC, there
>> must be
>> another workstation out there.) Under Linux I have an NIC with DHCP
>> between the computer and the modem. and PPPoE on the "outside." It
>> has a built-in router which can be configured as a straight bridge if
>> there is
>> another router beyond it. This gives telephone-line ADSL. The modem
>> is
>> set at 192.168.1.1, and sets the computer to 192.168.1.7. The
>> external IP
>> address is dynamically set by my ISP. There is a Web interface for
>> setup, which showed the error I quoted.
>>
>> Doug.
>
>
> Don't connect as a bridge. Use a straight NAT router configuration. The
> public ip will belong to the router and the inboard equipment including
> your computer will be assigned a private ip in the 192.168.1.x range.
>
> Do not try to configure your computer for PPPoE. It should be
> configured for a LAN connection with automatic ip (DHCP). So far as
> your computer is concerned it is on a LAN and does not know about, or
> needs to know about PPPoE. The router's dhcp daemon should give the
> computer everything it needs to connect, including its ip address and
> netmask and a couple of dns server addresses passed on from the public
> network.
>
> There is an online manual for this device here:
>
>
http://www.netcomm.com.au/Support/do...roducts=NB1300
>
>
> Clive

Thanks. I have the paper manual and the manual on CD. I have it configured
as you say.

Is the message that started this thread significant?

Doug.
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