Topic: pppoa and Ozemail

[John A]

I am currently running 5.1.2 and connecting to ISP Ozemail using a D-Link dsl 300
The longest I have been connected for is 14 days.

The line usually drop out after about ten days. Ozemail say that I should be using a modem that can handle PPPOA.

DLink has offered to upgrade my current modem so that it can handle both PPPOE and PPPOA .(for a small fee)

My question is can I use PPPOA with SME?

I have read the thread http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=16426.msg63570#msg63570

Do I have to do anything else, except what it says in the above thread.


Thanks in adavance.

John A

[simon]

If they are upgrading it, it will ethier be changed to a USB modem which you will have fun trying to setup on E-smith or they will replace it with a router that will support PPPoA.

[John A]

I don't understand your reply.

 I said that D-Link will upgrade my current modem not replace it. I do not want a router I have SME.

What I want to know on top of the answers provided in thread http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=16426.msg63570#msg63570 is will my SME pickup from the PPPoA modem the IP address allocated by Ozemail and send on the dydns.org so that I can be listed on their DNS Servers.


John A

[simon]

PPPoA is Point to Point protocal over ATM, so the only way you would get this was if the Modem was USB or if the modem was doing the authentication for you say as a router.

[John A]

As I said in my previous reply ;

":I don't understand your reply"

I am aware the difference between PPPoA & PPoE, if you read my original thread plus read the link you may understand that you can use PPPoA with SME but what I want to know is apart from what is stated in that link is there anything else that I have to do.

Simon, read my posts before you reply.


John A

I will not answer any more on the subject from you.

[Kelvin]

John,

If you are worried about your dyndns account being updated, have a look at ddclient. There is a setting in ddclient to try and find your external IP address by querying the connection from an external source (I'm testing this mode at the moment with one setup and appears to work fine).

I don't have access to any PPPoA setups to replicate your exact situation so I can't be more specific, sorry.

Kelvin

[Scott]

I'm using a D-Link DSL-500 modem to connect to OzEmail via PPPoA, and it works without any problems. I have a static IP (legacy product) so I haven't played with DyDNS providers, but I would assume it would work the same way as it did with PPPoE if your modem is establishing the connection itself.

PPPoA is the preferred connection method for L2TP tunnelled connections via the wholesale Telstra network, due to the "tunnel collapse" issue their IPSNs have (which Nortel attribute to non-standard installations of the Shastas).