Still trying to connect to DSL

springsteenfan · 12-25-2004, 02:00 PM

Hi,

I tried to connect to my DSL account using KInternet, without success. I was advised to use adsl-start (stop|status|setup) to connect instead, which makes sense because I spend about half my time in runlevel 3.

I'm using a 4-port hub with an uplink going out to the DSL modem (no router at this point). I eventually want to use this box as the gateway by adding a second NIC, but one problem at a time. I just want to get this one single box to connect to the internet for the time being.

Since my ISP uses dynamic IP, I let DHCP handle IP addressing. Also, the ISP is handling DNS.

I ran the adsl-setup as follows:

Code:

linux:/etc # adsl-setup
Welcome to the Roaring Penguin ADSL client setup.  First, I will run
some checks on your system to make sure the PPPoE client is installed
properly...

Looks good!  Now, please enter some information:

USER NAME

>>> Enter your PPPoE user name (default xxxxxxxxxxxxx@t-online.de):

INTERFACE

>>> Enter the Ethernet interface connected to the ADSL modem
For Solaris, this is likely to be something like /dev/hme0.
For Linux, it will be ethn, where 'n' is a number.
(default eth0): eth0

MODEM TYPE

We will try to detect if your modem is compliant with RFC 2516
or not. 3COM's 3CP4130 is *NOT* compliant, for instance.

Searching for a modem at interface eth0...
Found a RFC 2516 compliant modem, congratulations! :)

Do you want the link to come up on demand, or stay up continuously?
If you want it to come up on demand, enter the idle time in seconds
after which the link should be dropped.  If you want the link to
stay up permanently, enter 'no' (two letters, lower-case.)
NOTE: Demand-activated links do not interact well with dynamic IP
addresses.  You may have some problems with demand-activated links.
>>> Enter the demand value (default no): no

DNS

Please enter the IP address of your ISP's primary DNS server.
If your ISP claims that 'the server will provide DNS addresses',
enter 'server' (all lower-case) here.
If you just press enter, I will assume you know what you are
doing and not modify your DNS setup.
>>> Enter the DNS information here: server

PASSWORD

>>> Please enter your PPPoE password:
>>> Please re-enter your PPPoE password:

FIREWALLING

Please choose the firewall rules to use.  Note that these rules are
very basic.  You are strongly encouraged to use a more sophisticated
firewall setup; however, these will provide basic security.  If you
are running any servers on your machine, you must choose 'NONE' and
set up firewalling yourself.  Otherwise, the firewall rules will deny
access to all standard servers like Web, e-mail, ftp, etc.  If you
are using SSH, the rules will block outgoing SSH connections which
allocate a privileged source port.

The firewall choices are:
0 - NONE: This script will not set any firewall rules.  You are responsible
          for ensuring the security of your machine.  You are STRONGLY
          recommended to use some kind of firewall rules.
1 - STANDALONE: Appropriate for a basic stand-alone web-surfing workstation
2 - MASQUERADE: Appropriate for a machine acting as an Internet gateway
                for a LAN
>>> Choose a type of firewall (0-2): 1

** Summary of what you entered **

Ethernet Interface: eth0
User name:          xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@t-online.de
Activate-on-demand: No
DNS addresses:      Supplied by ISP's server
Firewalling:        STANDALONE

>>> Accept these settings and adjust configuration files (y/n)? y
Adjusting /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf
Adjusting /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
  (But first backing it up to /etc/ppp/pap-secrets-bak)
  (But first backing it up to /etc/ppp/chap-secrets-bak)



Congratulations, it should be all set up!

Type 'adsl-start' to bring up your ADSL link and 'adsl-stop' to bring
it down.  Type 'adsl-status' to see the link status.
linux:/etc # adsl-stop
adsl-stop: No ADSL connection appears to be running
linux:/etc # adsl-start
................TIMED OUT
/usr/sbin/adsl-start: line 191:  5151 Terminated              $CONNECT "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1
linux:/etc #

Here are my results from adsl-status and my ifconfig:

Code:

adsl-status: Link is down (can't read pppoe PID file /var/run/pppoe.conf-adsl.pid.pppoe)
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:B0:D0:18:41:43  
          inet6 addr: fe80::2b0:d0ff:fe18:4143/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1492  Metric:1
          RX packets:657 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:160 frame:0
          TX packets:75 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:42355 (41.3 Kb)  TX bytes:17634 (17.2 Kb)
          Interrupt:3 Base address:0xe800 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:2708 (2.6 Kb)  TX bytes:2708 (2.6 Kb)

Can anyone help me out as to why I can't get this box online? Thanks and Merry Christmas!

jacks4u · 12-25-2004, 02:25 PM

PPPoe and the adsl stuff are normally used for INTERNAL dsl modems. with an external modem, those things should not be needed

Since you are using an external DSL modem, gatting your box 'online' should be just a matter of setting up eth0 (or ethX as the case may be), configuring it to get an IP address from the DSL modem (DHCP) and setting up the DSL modem as the gateway.

From your post, it looks like eth0 is partly setup, but needs to be re-configured for DHCP, and it appears that you need to setup the gateway (that is, the IP address of the device that has access to the internet - your DSL modem)

The DSL modem should have an internal IP address like 192.168.0.1. You may also be able to point your browser (after setting up eth0) to the DSL modem's web access for configuration like this: http://192.168.0.1

Hope this helps!

--jacks4u

fenderman11111 · 12-25-2004, 02:26 PM

are you sure it's pppoe? I use verizon and I don't have to authenticate myself, I just grab an IP from their dhcp server.

and your DSL modem isn't a router is it? What is the model number of it? If it's a router/dsl modem, jacks4u is right, but if it's one of those Westell modems, he isn't.

As far as i can see, you should simply be able to plug your modem into the wall, plug your nic into the modem and type (as root) "dhclient eth0" or "pump eth0".

springsteenfan · 12-25-2004, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fenderman11111
are you sure it's pppoe? I use verizon and I don't have to authenticate myself, I just grab an IP from their dhcp server.

and your DSL modem isn't a router is it? What is the model number of it? If it's a router/dsl modem, jacks4u is right, but if it's one of those Westell modems, he isn't.

As far as i can see, you should simply be able to plug your modem into the wall, plug your nic into the modem and type (as root) "dhclient eth0" or "pump eth0".

It's definitely not a router. The model is a Deutsche Telekom Teledat 300 LAN. As far as authentication, I have a user string and password that I need to connect. I dual boot with XP, and on the XP side, I have no problems connecting, and it says that it is a WAN Miniport/PPPOE connection.

I'm switching ISPs in a couple of weeks, and I'm getting a router. I could wait until then, but I'm not the type of guy to give up.

springsteenfan · 01-14-2005, 05:03 AM

I FINALLY got it going. The problem turned out not to be on my end, per se, but with crappy documentation from Deutsche Telekom.

The login string is supposed to be (12-digit number)(12-digit number)(0001)@t-online.de. The first 12-digit number started with three zeroes. However, in my documentation, my login was listed with an 11-digit number in the first group. This setup also worked just fine in XP, which made it all the more frustrating. I read a number of posts in other forums saying that there should be a '#' sign before the 0001 in this case.

I decided as a throwaway move to throw an extra leading zero on the front of the 11-digit number...bingo! I'm happily surfing.

Now for the next project: Take an old doorstop machine (P150, 80MB RAM, 6.4GB HDD), install a lightweight text-only distro, and set it up as a router/firewall to share the connection out to all my Lin and Win boxen. Time for more

Thanks for taking the time and trying to help me out