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Linux & PPPoE again?
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regardtv
Expert Member
I take it it's working now ?... congrats, welcome to the World of SlowTech's MySmokeSignal
Hi Regardtv 
and everybody )
I almost lost my sens of humor. CHAP was one thing, the linux box was connected on some intermittently faulty port
(... I would have everything sorted out earier. I noticed that the system was veeeery slow (on 512 connection) and tested internal network. Little thing can cost a lots of time wasted.
I will monitor pppoe but I think it is fairly stable. In the process of making it working (over crapy ethernet connection) I am eventually running Debian testing distribution with 2.6.7 kernel))... so I am ready to try TheRoDent's USB driver )... I will one day soon but purely to have an additional experience with MyWireless.
Aaaaaa... one more thing if I specify the service name in pppoe settings:
pppoe -I eth0 -T 80 -S 'Wireless Broadband' -m 1412
it connects basicaly allways, I am not getting PADS errors. I am clamping MSS to 1412 because my machine during connection autonegotiates MTU at 1460 and MSS 1452 might be not enough for the gateway function. I do not want to take any riscs now.
The other thing, I am using "shorewall" firewall (www.shorewall.net), "exim" for email, "amavis" with McAffe command line antivirus scanner and "squid" caching proxy to save on browsing traffic. Everything together works like a dream. For now).
Enjoy your weekend
and everybody )I almost lost my sens of humor. CHAP was one thing, the linux box was connected on some intermittently faulty port
(... I would have everything sorted out earier. I noticed that the system was veeeery slow (on 512 connection) and tested internal network. Little thing can cost a lots of time wasted.I will monitor pppoe but I think it is fairly stable. In the process of making it working (over crapy ethernet connection) I am eventually running Debian testing distribution with 2.6.7 kernel
))... so I am ready to try TheRoDent's USB driver )... I will one day soon but purely to have an additional experience with MyWireless.Aaaaaa... one more thing if I specify the service name in pppoe settings:
pppoe -I eth0 -T 80 -S 'Wireless Broadband' -m 1412
it connects basicaly allways, I am not getting PADS errors. I am clamping MSS to 1412 because my machine during connection autonegotiates MTU at 1460 and MSS 1452 might be not enough for the gateway function. I do not want to take any riscs now
.The other thing, I am using "shorewall" firewall (www.shorewall.net), "exim" for email, "amavis" with McAffe command line antivirus scanner and "squid" caching proxy to save on browsing traffic. Everything together works like a dream. For now
).Enjoy your weekend
alacos
Legal Expert
On 21-07-2004, TheRoDent wrote:
"Considered using my USB driver yet? http://rodent.za.net/MyLinuxDrivers".
I would very much like to try the driver. But it seems to have disappeared from the rodent.za.net website. Can anyone tell me where I can find it now?
Thanks.
"Considered using my USB driver yet? http://rodent.za.net/MyLinuxDrivers".
I would very much like to try the driver. But it seems to have disappeared from the rodent.za.net website. Can anyone tell me where I can find it now?
Thanks.
bb_matt
Executive Member
alacos
Legal Expert
Hello, bb matt.
It seems to be impossible to download the driver from that link. All I ever get when I try is a message that the server is busy. But the server is ALWAYS busy!
It seems to be impossible to download the driver from that link. All I ever get when I try is a message that the server is busy. But the server is ALWAYS busy!