[almost fixed] Re: Verizon DSL (pppoeconf, WinXp, netgear rt311 don't work)

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Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 12:26:33 -0800 (PST)
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

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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