[ale] BellSouth/ATT DSL

[Brian]

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.

So, you're saying that if you connect the Win2000 laptop you can access 
the internet, but if you connect the Ubuntu one you can't?

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.

I don't think modifying the settings requires authentication.

The interface does show things setup
> correctly tho.

If that web interface shows a connection, then you didn't lose the link.

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.

What do you mean?

Could you send to the list the contents of

ifconfig
netstat -nr
cat /etc/resolv.conf
arp -a
sudo dhclient eth0
ping -bc 4 255.255.255.255

run on the ubuntu machine and

ipconfig /all

run on the Win200 machine when they are each connected to the modem/router?

> 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.

The only setup it should need is the right username and password for 
Bellsouth. The username is her @bellsouth.net email address, and the 
password is the last 7 digits of her phone number.

-Brian