[ale] BellSouth/ATT DSL

[Tim Youngblood]

Most Linksys/DLink/Belkin/Etc. DSL/Cable modem/wireless access point boxen
have this as an option within their setup options.

:)

On 6/25/07, Bob Toxen <transam at verysecurelinux.com> wrote:
>
> QUESTION: Did you switch the computer that was connected to the ISP's
>           modem?  If so then you problem almost certainly is that the
>           ISP hardwires the MAC address of your computer into their
>           network.  If the modem is talking to a different MAC they
>           won't pass normal traffic.
>
>           The fix is to determine the MAC address of the Winbloz
>           system that works (via Winbloz GUI for system/networking).
>           Then program the Linux system's NIC to use the same MAC
>           address (as discussed in Real World Linux Security).
>
> Bob
>
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 02:39:23PM -0400, Thompson Freeman wrote:
> >
> > My girlfriend decided that she wanted internet access at home,
> > and chose the $10/month dsl now offered from BellSouth/ATT. Of
> > course, I get to set it up, and of course I'm working on getting
> > things set up for Linux (Ubuntu specifically, as I think a
> > Fedora setup would be a little heavier maintenence and I'm
> > having challenges with F7 at the moment). BellSouth has provided
> > a lovely little Westell modem/router which I get setup with my
> > ancient laptop with Windows2000. Attempting to convert to her
> > machine seems associated with loss of the dsl link, but I'm not
> > ready to claim that strongly in public. My suspicion is that the
> > link loss is further up the chain, but again I cann't prove
> > that. I can find the modem/router with a web browser at
> > http://192.168.1.1:80, although I of course do not have a
> > password for the interface. The interface does show things setup
> > correctly tho. I have quickly searched the web for documentation
> > on the modem/router and come up quite dry. (I left my notes over
> > at her place, or I'd note the model number here - sorry, but my
> > bad)
> >
> > I should note that my initial installation of Ubuntu7.04 has a
> > glitch in it also, further complicating things.
> >
> > General questions: Does anybody here have experience with this
> > setup? Anybody have a possible lead to documentation for the
> > modem/router? (I really don't want to find somebody to reverse
> > engineer the setup code provided) Since I could probably use a
> > severe beating with a cluebat - any general (hopefully useful)
> > commentary.
> >
> > I've got to take her out to dinner with her siblings shortly,
> > and won't be back until late, but any clues/ideas/leads would be
> > appreciate for tomorrow's effort.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
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