Topic: ADSL & 4.1.1

[Alec Norek]

I have been using e-smith ver 4.0 together with Charlie Brady's pppoe RPM from last year, to connect to my ADSL service provider and it works fine.  Today I tried a fresh install of 4.1.1 on a second PC, using PPPoE to configure the external interface. E-smith tries to connect & lots of lights flash but eventually the operation times out.

Sorry if this topic has already been covered but I can't find anything relevant.  I don't think that I have done anything wrong, so I hope there is a fix out there.  Help please.

[Jonathan]

I have a similar problem which I reported as a bug last week.  Running the internet connection test from the control panel reports a failure.  However, all my networked machines can access the internet no problem.  I only discovered this after reinstalling 4.1.1 twice and swapping out my cards a couple of times...

[Alec Norek]

In my case the pppoe connection definitely fails and I can't access the Internet full stop.  When I check configuration in the Control console I see:-
Operation mode Server & Gateway - dedicated
DHCP client - disabled (Using static IP address)
Static IP address - 192.168.65.17

I wonder where the system gets that IP from.  All my other PCs are 192.168.1.x

[Richard]

Shouldn't that IP address be an external one?  The one assigned to you by your ISP?

[Bruce]

Alec,

The 192.168.65.17 is a default IP for one of the NICs.  You might want to recheck the configuration step by step.  I had this value repopulated several times when I first set up my 4.1.1 server.  I still haven't been able to get the server to stay up for more than 60 hours.  Maybe this is a Red Hat issue?  It wouldn't be a surprise with all the 7.0 problems.

Bruce

[Alec Norek]

Is there anyone out there who has got 4.1.1 working with Telstra ADSL. Even a simple yes or no answer will help.  Thanks

[Lloyd keen]

I haven't actually tried it but it should work OK. Which state are you in? A couple of points to note with Telstra (both ADSL and cable). Most of these are applicable to NSW.
Don't forget to add @bigpond on to the end of your username when logging on (ADSL only)
The DNS servers IP address is 61.9.192.13
The Web server is 61.9.192.16
The incoming mail server is pop-server.nsw.bigpond.net.au or 24.192.1.30
The outgoing mail server is mail-hub.nsw.bigpond.net.au or 139.134.5.153
The news server is 61.9.128.12
On the clients TCP/IP settings for the network adapter I enable DNS and in the domain suffix search order put vic.bigpond.net.au
I don't think it's neccesary but I create a custom template (/etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/hosts/40hostname) with the following entry in it "61.9.192.13     dce-server.nsw.bigpond.net.au   dce-server"
Anyway, hope this info helps out

[Craig Foster]

Telstra ADSL works *SWEEEEEET*

Telstra Bigpond ADSL from Perth. Last two weeks were biachs, but we also had niggling problems with our Commander system and the modem we got not resetting after a PADT (search for ADSL & PADO in this forum...)

PS Don't forget username@bigpond as your login

Our machine is a stock 4.1.1 with two different NICs, transproxy, and all Official updates.

The 512/128 runs 51KB/s from mirror.aarnet.edu.au (Uni of QLD)

If you need any more help, I'm willing to help...


Craig Foster.

(PS Also runs dyndns.org sweeeet too!)


PPS Charlie, if you're reading this, it means I can look at the netatalk update once I know what's new

[Craig Foster]

Tell a lie...

I am also running bind 8.2.2P7 as 8.2.3 keeps dying (dunno, I haven't had any problems so I had forgotten it until now...)
It's there *only* 'cos I know it's chrooted, so no "you're so baaaad" messages please

Craig Foster.

[Alec Norek]

Thanks Lloyd & Craig for responding.  I'll try and answer you both with this one posting. I'm in Tasmania and I wish that Telstra was a bit more uniform with their settings requirements.  The "user@bigpond" does not seem to apply here. I can only access Bigpond with my e-smith 4.0 when I login as "user". Thanks for the info on the client settings, but that does not apply here coz I don't get that far.

As mentioned, I am *SWEET* when I use my existing e-smith 4.0 server.  Trouble is that a similar PC with 4.1.1 installed can't logon.  I've tried swapping eth0/eth1 to no avail.  Craig you mentioned "Our machine is a stock 4.1.1 with two different NICs, transproxy, and all Official updates".  Maybe I've missed an important update.  I guess you mean the ones in ftp://ftp.e-smith.org/pub/e-smith/e-smith-4.1.1/updates/RPMS/.  I haven't applied any of these and maybe I should?

Thanks
Alec

[Craig Foster]

If this helps:-

DHCPClient=dhi
DNSPrimaryIP=
DNSSecondaryIP=
DialupModemDevice=/dev/ttyS1
DialupPhoneNumber=
DialupUserAccount=lehu_zeher@bigpond
DialupUserPassword=y3ah_r1ght
DomainName=rapidaccess.dyndns.org
DynDnsAccount=dyndnsuser
DynDnsPassword=password
DynDnsService=dyndns.org
EmailUnknownUser=admin
EthernetAssign=normal
EthernetDriver1=de4x5
EthernetDriver2=via-rhine
ExternalDHCP=off
ExternalIP=61.9.174.213
ExternalNetmask=255.255.255.0
LocalDomainPrefix=
LocalIP=192.168.1.1
LocalNetmask=255.255.255.0
SquidParent=melbourne.cache.telstra.net
SquidParentPort=3128
StatusReports=on
SystemMode=servergateway
SystemName=server
TimeZone=Etc/GMT+8
WebServerName=www.rapidaccess.dyndns.org



ifconfig:-
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:40:05:35:B7:59
          inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:65280/79
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1357520 errors:5 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:7
          TX packets:1221911 errors:973 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:973
          collisions:16064

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:40:05:A7:33:1A
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:717937 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:527758 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:344

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:0/0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
          RX packets:166465 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:166465 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:61.9.xx.zz  P-t-P:172.31.ww.yy  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1492  Metric:1
          RX packets:45666 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:35322 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0