[ale] Telocity help?

[Michael Smith]

Actually, with Telocity, you are not using PPPOE.  You have a static IP but
you use DHCP.  I had the same problem Jason had.  I ended up unplugging and
replugging my Telocity Gateway and everything worked fine.  Try opening up a
web browser and go to the 10.*.*.* address after unplugging and replugging.
Also, make sure you are using the right ip address.  They had my ip as
*.*.*.1 and I actually had to set my gateway on my Linux machine to *.*.*.2.
If all else fails, I would boot into windows, run ipconfig /all and set my
Linux gateway to the same gateway and then set the interface to DHCP.

-----Original Message-----
From: James Kinney [mailto:jkinney at localnetsolutions.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 12:45 PM
To: Jason
Cc: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Telocity help?


You can't setup DHCP directly on a DSL connection. It uses a process
called PPPOE (PPP over ethernet)

Get roaring penguin's PPPOE package (there is an rpm for it) install, run
the configuration stuff and it will make the connection. 

There is also pppoe stuff in the new 2.4.x kernels. You will need the new
pppd stuff (v 2.4 I think). It is listed in the Documentations/Changes
file of the kernel sources.

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On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Jason wrote:

> Hi all -- I hope someone can help me out with a problem.
> 
> I'm running a redhat 6.2 machine at home on a new Telocity DSL connection.
> When I hook up my Windows 98 PC, it connects fine with DHCP.  Here's what
> Linux does:
> 
> I tried setting up eth0 with DHCP, as recommended -- it just fails, and
> I'm not sure where to begin troubleshooting this. When I set up eth0
> statically using the netmask 255.0.0.0, I can connect fine but can't see
> remote hosts with 64.*.*.* IP addresses.  Telocity's documentation and
> tech support says I need to use the netmask 255.255.255.252.  When I
> change the netmask to this, I can't connect at all.
> 
> So what I need is either: a) figure out how to get DHCP to work properly,
> or b) figure out what settings I need to change to get connected
> statically with the right netmask.  Telocity's tech support has left me
> hanging, and clearly I'm not a network expert.  If anyone can help me out
> with a solution to either I'd be most grateful.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason
> 
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>  (If mail to intemperance.net fails, use misterrain at telocity.com)
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