Re: [sheflug] Help with broadband

[Marc Kelly <marc [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

J Simpson V21 wrote:
> Hi
> I have just signed up for broadband.
> 
> I've put it all together, but it doesn't appear to be working.
> 
> I'm running fedora core 2, using kde
> modem router netgear 834

I have the same router (DG834G, a wireless ADSL all in one thing?)
When you go to the diagnostics page on it, theres a hostname lookup
and also a ping box. You can try that, to make sure it can resolve
hostnames, and then also try pinging various ip numbers, ideally the
one listed as the "gateway" on the first page, and also the DNS
servers.. to make sure you can talk to them.

If the router can see things, then check is to make sure your
/etc/resolv.conf has the right things in it, the DHCP client on your
box usually sorts that out. On your box then you can try ping and name
lookups as well, traceroute is also useful.

> It has green lights where it is supposed to and the status page looks 
> like it is connected, but when I try to download emails or go to a 
> website I get eror messages.

Is the adsl "activated?" The router will "sync" to the adsl single,
and display all the green lights and report a speed and everything,
but unless the service is fully activated then you will not get
connected to any ISP services, you hit a wall at the exchange. Under
"router status" you see all the relivent ADSL bits filled in? IP,
gateway, network type etc? And when you hit the connection status
button on the bottom of that page, the box that opens is all correctly
filled in? No authentication failures?

The other option is router firmware.. The version i have, shown on the
 status page is 3.01.25. If yours is much lower than that, there it
might be related..


> At present I am still using my dial up to get online.  Please let me 
> know what information would be relevant to get this sorted out.

> One other question before I sort it out, how do I make myself secure 
> with a broadband connection?  

The modem is pretty good, it firewalls all incomming ports unless you
tell it otherwise. I would also make sure remote administration is
turned OFF! Is it a wireless version? if so, you can tell it to only
talk to the MAC addressed you tell it to.


Hope thats some help...

-- 
/\/\arc Kelly
..Just your average physicist trying to get by in a world full of
normal people...

___________________________________________________________________

Sheffield Linux User's Group -
http://www.sheflug.co.uk/mailfaq.html

  GNU the choice of a complete generation.