[ale] BellSouth/ATT DSL

[Jeff Hubbs]

Some ISPs, like Knology in outlying Georgia, follow this 
consumer-unfriendly practice.

Bob Toxen wrote:
> QUESTION: Did you switch the computer that was connected to the ISP's
>           modem?  If so then you problem almost certainly is that the
> 	  ISP hardwires the MAC address of your computer into their
> 	  network.  If the modem is talking to a different MAC they
> 	  won't pass normal traffic.
>
> 	  The fix is to determine the MAC address of the Winbloz
> 	  system that works (via Winbloz GUI for system/networking).
> 	  Then program the Linux system's NIC to use the same MAC
> 	  address (as discussed in Real World Linux Security).
>
> Bob
>
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 02:39:23PM -0400, 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. 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. The interface does show things setup  
>> correctly tho. 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> I've got to take her out to dinner with her siblings shortly,  
>> and won't be back until late, but any clues/ideas/leads would be  
>> appreciate for tomorrow's effort.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
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