Non-Windows OS and multiple 'puters

[maknight]

Hi

Does anyone have any experience with the mywireless service using Mac and Linux (Red Hat) operating systems.

The receptionist at Sentech didn't seem to know what an operating system was, the techie I got through to seemed to indicate that they hadn't tested on anything but Windows. He did say that I might be able to use the Ethernet cable with the modem, but

a) I have better things to do with my ethernet ports and
b) they imply that they make no guarantees and provide no support if that's the way you go.

Also, they seemed to imply (the techie didn't know the legal side) that I could not buy two modems on one account. If I want a second modem (say I want a PCMCIA card for the laptop, when I travel, and a USB modem for at home), I have to create a second account, at another R650/month.

Anyone know any more?

 

[TrXtR]

Hey, no experience at all. I havent seen this modem or know what make it is, but if It's some international wide used brand or something, you might be able to use it under linux, if you go to the creator's site (might). It's possible that there is some kind of standard the driver conforms to, and that there is allready support in linux. Also, the network is based on an international standard.
To me, that would say that you could use any modem that's capable of using this standard. So you would not need to buy from sentech.
Ofcourse, I dont know the technical details as of yet, but I know I'm going to try and get freebsd to work with it. (I want protection)

If I get the modem, give me a while, maybe I find a way.

Dont bet on anything I just said, because, I dont have a clue

 

[ProAsm]

To check out the modems, technology and accessories:

http://www.ipwireless.com

SA suppliers:

http://www.fastcomm.co.za

 

[regardtv]

Hello

From my calls to Sentech I believe it's correct that you need to buy a full account for EACH modem you wish to own.

The modems are currently not sold seperately. AFAIK this will change soon.

From prelim research I've done you should be ok to run this system under Redhat - you'll need to use RoaringPenguin's pppoe client ... Hope to get a unit for testing at the company soon ( not willing to sign the contract myself)

Good luck on getting it running.

 

[mithrandi]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">He did say that I might be able to use the Ethernet cable with the modem, but

a) I have better things to do with my ethernet ports and
b) they imply that they make no guarantees and provide no support if that's the way you go.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
I would highly recommend using the Ethernet connection; you shouldn't have any problems setting up a PPPoE session that way, and you don't need to worry about drivers. If you don't have a free NIC on the computer you want to connect it to, then just plug it into your hub/switch, it'll still work.

mithrandi, i Ainil en-Balandor, a faer Ambar

 

[Deckert]

mithrandi:

<i>...need to worry about drivers. If you don't have a free NIC on the computer you want to connect it to, then just plug it into your hub/switch, it'll still work.</i>

Are you quite sure about it when you say that? It implies that the modem acts as a default gateway for the network and that it either NATs your connection or acts as a participant in a /30 network.

I highly doubt that the modem can do that. If it can, it is a most ingenius piece of equipment and I humbly appologise. How intelligent are these modems? ProAsm? (/me envisages a IOS-style command line ;-)

What <i>should</i> work is if you hook it up to a unix machine and run PPPoE as you initially suggested. As for NICs, they're a dime a dozen these days (a nice PCI realtek 10/100 card costs you about R50).

I'm looking forward to hooking it up to my Linux firewall. The 2.4.x kernel strain has support for PPPoE. FreeBSD will be pretty straight forward as well.

--deckert

 

[mithrandi]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">...need to worry about drivers. If you don't have a free NIC on the computer you want to connect it to, then just plug it into your hub/switch, it'll still work.

Are you quite sure about it when you say that? It implies that the modem acts as a default gateway for the network and that it either NATs your connection or acts as a participant in a /30 network.

I highly doubt that the modem can do that. If it can, it is a most ingenius piece of equipment and I humbly appologise. How intelligent are these modems? ProAsm? (/me envisages a IOS-style command line ;-)

What should work is if you hook it up to a unix machine and run PPPoE as you initially suggested.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
You misunderstood me. What I meant is: if you do not have a spare NIC available to plug it in and do PPPoE, you can plug it into the switch/hub that your box is connected to, and STILL do PPPoE just as if it were directly connected.

mithrandi, i Ainil en-Balandor, a faer Ambar

 

[mvh]

Anyone got it to work with freebsd yet ?

 

[Karnaugh]

FreeBSD would be the same procedure, read the handbook about setting up PPPoE sessions with userland PPP (Or kernel PPP if you are less sane)

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[mvh]

yeah well, have read those pages, and the like.
just wondering if anyone got it running.

guess i'll be trying next time i have a free night , or this weekend.