[arachne] Re: Broadband connections

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> Dear Udo
> Assume that you use Tonline and Tonline uses PPPoE.
> My modem/ router wants to be served with PPPoA, not that it mattered much
> before.
> I worked with bootp and tcpinfo.exe informs me that DHCP, BOOTP and RARP all
> failed and no IP-addresses are found. On the Linux boxes and on the Baslinux
> on the same machine everything works fine. Go figuring. On the logfile from
> the ADSL install program I am informed of activity. It informs me:
> sending OFFER to 192.168.2.102 (which is the address given to the networkcard
> of the Arachne box)

> If I insert all the information gathered on the ADSL install system in the
> wattcp.cfg file and exclude the bootp part, I do not get any reaction at all.
> This data from the setup program are not very clear because they use their own
> expressions.
> under

> INTERNET
> Wan IP 222.124.79.152
> subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
> gateway 203.130.222.255
> Primary DNS 202.134.2.5
> Secondary DNS 202.134.0.155

> under

> GATEWAY
> IP Address  192.168.2.1
> Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
> DHCP Server enabled
> Firewall Enabled

> The IP address under GATEWAY is the address I have to use in order to access
> my ADSL modem router setup.

> The three computers now connected are respectively 192.168.2.100, 101 and 102.
> The 102 is the Arachne box.

> After two days and nights with this box I am at the end of my Latin.
> Any usefull tips. By the way. Getting rid of the firewall does not help.

Hi Constant,

I am not aware of any PPPoA driver for DOS, but are you sure that you
need one? If you have got a router, it should handle that for you.

For example, my Netgear 314 DSL router only has a static IP address,
192.168.0.1, which I also use as DNS address.

Since you say that DHCP does not work even though it is enabled, it
might be a problem with your networking card. Try to ping the gateway
address to see if it can be reached.

Also, if you have a router, enter the gateway address 192.168.2.1 as DNS
server address in Arachne.

If DHCP does not work, change my_ip=DHCP to my_ip=192.168.2.102 in
wattcp.cfg, but only if you are sure that it is a static address.

So if DHCP does not work, you settings in Arachne should probably read:

IP Address=192.168.2.102
1st Nameserver=192.168.2.1
1st Gateway=192.168.2.1

Regards,

Udo

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