DSL on madrake

[cherokawa]

I know there a few threads out there which are dealing with this issue. yet, i have not been successful in setting up Verizon DSL on my Mandrake 10.0 box. I just moved from windows to linux, and so i have the login info for verizon DSL. on windows, i was connecting the DSL modem (Westell 2200) to my comp through the USB port as my network card was not recognized. But on linux, the card is all setup. when i hook up the modem to ethernet card, all 3 lights on the modem turn green, but i am not able to get onto the internet. i used the connection manager on mandrake to setup an adsl connection with DHCP. (but i dont know the DHCP server address). still nothing....

heres the output of a few commands i ran - maybe it'll give u a better idea of the state of my system.....

$ ifup eth0
Determining IP information for eth0....failed

$ ifconfig eth0
Link encap: Ethernet HW addr 55:7D:AA:EA:55:55
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:4294967294 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txquelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes: 0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt: 3 Base Address: 0x4c00

$ping 216.239.29.99
network unreachable

$ route -n
Destination Gateway Genmask Flag Metric Ref Use Iface

$ iptables -nvL
command not found


this is the content of the /etc/system/networking-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

Device=eth0
Bootproto=DHCP
Onboot=YES
MII_not_supported=NO
Wireless_enc_key=""
Needhost name=YES


has anyone else faced this kind of problem? the verizon help desk is useless as they say that they do not support linux. if u need any furthur info, ill be glad to provide it..... thanx

[AndrewD2]

I have verizon DSL and have never ever had to use a logon to connect to the internet. It might just be my area, but the only time I remember using any login stuff was when I first connected it back a month ago or so.

[cherokawa]

when i was using DSL on windows, i never had to log in either. even now, in the adsl setup, i am using DHCP and not pppoe, so i dont have to provide the login information. but not able to reach the network though and not picking up an IP address....

[Zyglow]

Try cycling the DSL modem. The modems that I've used in the past have done pretty freaky things from time to time. My final solution was purchasing a broadband router. Haven't had a problem with LAN connectivity since.

[cherokawa]

tried powercycling.... doesnt work....

[linuxprogrammer]

You try pppoe?

[Zyglow]

Cherokawa, you need to take a look at the settings for your dsl modem. I found this on Google: http://www.westell.com/content/verizon/2200_userguideb.pdf If you are not getting a DHCP information you may want to setup a static connection on your linux box for the time being. That way you can try and ping the DSL modem, as well as take a look at the configuration and status of the modem from the web interface.

[E1PHOTON]

What I found to be the easiest way to setup a DSL connection with Linux is to buy one of those all-in-one routers. Just buy a linksys or netgear DSL/Broadband routers. You can setup all the connectivity stuff right on the remote webpage utilty. And since your NIC is working under MDK, it should automatically get a LAN IP (eg:192.168.0.XXX) and you can set everything up that way. Thats the way it worked for me. Hopefully it will work for you.


Cheers, Mate