Iburst Terminal Ethernet port usage

[silkenphoenixx]

Hi all...

I'm new to the forum though my family's been on iburst for about 3 of 4 months now...

I have just one question so far: The iburst terminal thingy that we got ( i.e. the black box with the swivel-up antenna ) has 3 little plugs... one for the power and one for the USB, which were fairly obvious, but there is also one for a regular RJ-45 ethernet cable. Can this also be used instead of the USB connection to connect the terminal to the internet?

I ask this because I'm currently using the Iburst Terminal Connect_utl thingy on a windows 2000 box which really wants to switch to Red Hat linux, but I don't know how to use the terminal from linux (it's plugged into my pc using the USB connector at the moment), and if it works like an ADSL router which can be controlled using a little web-like interface that would solve my problems.

Any hints and suggestions would be welcome...

Regards
silkenphoenixx

 

[w1z4rd]

Yes, the RJ45 connector is preferred over the USB connection for both stability and performance.

Another great bonus is you do not have to install those funny drivers Iburst sends out with their products.

Simple plug in Ethernet cable and create a broadband connection that requires a username and password.

 

[silkenphoenixx]

Simple plug in Ethernet cable and create a broadband connection that requires a username and password.

and... just how do I do that? Is it some windows wizard? What protocol does it use? remember, I only use windows because of the connect utl that came with the USB drivers.

Other thing is, what type of ethernet cable? just a straight flylead into my 5-port switch or should I use a cross-over cable and plug it directly into my PC's NIC?

Thanks for the help so far...

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

You can plug it straight into your PC's NIC. If you want to use a router, that will work the same way.. but using a switch is a bit harder.

If you are going to switch to Linux, you can't use the USB connection I believe, because their software wont in stall on Linux. The Ethernet would then work like nay other PPPoE internet connection on Linux.

Under Windows it is a little wizard, much the same as the dial-up wizard.

 

[silkenphoenixx]

Oh, so in other words I have to figure out how to use pppoe with linux over the ethernet... hmmm...

I suppose the best thing to do there would be to get a headless box with 2 NICs, one for the iburst terminal and one for the switch (and the rest of the network) ?

Thanks so far.

BTW, where would I be able to get an appropriate router and more or less how much would I expect to pay for it? (I need about 5 ports, possibly 8 in future)

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

Well your router can take over from your switch, because then one Ethernet port connects to the router and this provides the network and the internet.

Routers start at around R500. They should be easy to find, any online retailer or almost any PC shop close-by.

Well PPPoE with Linux (the oE part stands for "over Ethernet" btw) should be easy as this is how any internet connection on Linux would work.. almost. I'm sure there are tons of tutorials on the net, and they would apply to iBurst.

 

[silkenphoenixx]

Every time I've connected a linux box to the internet before it has been to a gateway PC running windows with some sort of NAT program (all my friends are cretins who persist in using _that_OS_ ) so I've never tried using ppp before.

Ok, thanks for the heads-up. Will any router do, or is there a specific type that allows me to use the iburst terminal (sorry, my computer studies theory went out of the windows ages ago... )

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

Almost any router. You just need to be sure that it can set its MTU as low as 1352. Most can...

And as long as it does not have a built in ADSL modem it should be fine.

 

[Raithlin]

Several threads on the forum there are, asking which router is best. Do a quick search and find the information you shall....

/me feels a little like Yoda...

 

[peterleroux]

pppoe setup is pretty simple- took me about 30 seconds when I installed my ubuntu partition (6.06 and again when I clean installed 6.10).

 

[Jongi]

You say you wanna Red Hat so I am going to assume that this is the same interface as Fedora. On Fedora there is under Administartion menu (I think that's what it is called, will check when i get back hoem and change if not it) that has a Network. One of the options there is xDSL. From there it is pretty straightforward.