Ubuntu 6.06.1 problems

[Clayton Stapleton]

The modem is working fine. I entered the numerical url for Actiontec and got back a guick answer that listed the download speed of 1536 and up load speed of 864 kbps. So now I have a triple boot system with SuSE linux 10.1, Ubuntu 6.06.1 and Windows XP.

Thanks for the help,
Clay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lthielster at gmail.com
> Sent: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 15:57:01 -0700
> To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu 6.06.1 problems
> 
> Oh and Eric is right that it should just work if you have eth0 set to use
> DHCP and that should have been done by the ubuntu installation (presuming
> it
> was connected then).  I asked about it working with windows solely to
> verify
> the DSL modem was in fact working.
> 
> On 11/8/06, Eric Shubes <plug at shubes.net> wrote:
>> 
>> That should function as a DHCP server just fine.
>> 
>> Simply configure your linux ip interface (eth0 most likely) to use DHCP
>> (whatever gui configurator should do just fine), and you should be good
>> to
>> go. There is nothing 'fancy' here.
>> 
>> P.S. You'll probably want to go into the Actiontec's configuration
>> (http://192.168.1.1 most likely, or some 192.168.n.1 address - check the
>> manual) and lock down the wireless portion, unless of course you want to
>> share your network and bandwidth with your neighbors. I don't know if
>> that
>> model defaults to open wireless or not, but many WAPs do.
>> 
>> Clayton Stapleton wrote:
>>> The modem is Qwest supplied Actiontec GT701-WG and it is less than 6
>> months old. I am not using the wireless capabilites so it is a cable
>> connected to etho0.
>>> 
>>> Thaks
>>> Clay
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: plug at shubes.net
>>>> Sent: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 05:10:55 -0700
>>>> To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>>> Subject: Re: Ubuntu 6.06.1 problems
>>>> 
>>>> You should only need pppo[ae] if you're running your dsl modem in
>> bridged
>>>> mode, which I highly doubt. Your Linux boxen of any flavor should
>> simply
>>>> have a standard nic interface (ifconfig, probably eth0), configured
>> with
>>>> dhcp turned on so it obtains its IP configuration (address, dns,
>> gateway)
>>>> from the dsl modem (which also acts as a DHCP server, unless you have
>>>> a
>>>> very
>>>> old dsl modem). Which brings up a (possibly important) question: what
>>>> brand/model of dsl modem are you using?
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> -Eric 'shubes'
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