Fellow list members,
The Khar(W) CO exchange informed me that they will be bringing in my ADSL connection by end of March and left a form to be filled up and submitted at the CO. The form has an item that refers to CPE equipment - either rented from MTNL or customer owned. I asked the lines man what exactly does the CPE mean and he was not sure if it would be my D-Link DI604 router or something else. Therefore, the query to this list.
The ADSL setup that I have seen within the SBC/Ameritech (US midwest) network is as shown in the fig. below. The 2W/UTP from CO is terminated on a DSL/Tel. line splitter. The splitter has one RJ11 (for phone) and one RJ45 (for the DSL router OR the NIC in the computer) connector.
________ 2W UTP|DSL/Tel.| 2W -------|Splitter|------ from |________| UTP to Tel. set CO | | RJ45 to WAN port on DSL Router
Hopefully, some of you on this list have already got this service and you are able to share some info on the CPE/router configs.
Is the MTNL ADSL connection setup similar to the above fig.? If not, what does it look like?
Also, how is the IP connection established i.e. DHCP, Static IP, or PPPoE?
TIA.
Regards, Arun Khan
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:10:24 -0800 (PST), Arun Khan knura@yahoo.com wrote:
Fellow list members,
The Khar(W) CO exchange informed me that they will be bringing in my ADSL connection by end of March and left a form to be filled up and submitted at the CO. The form has an item that refers to CPE equipment - either rented from MTNL or customer owned. I asked the lines man what exactly does the CPE mean and he was not sure if it would be my D-Link DI604 router or something else. Therefore, the query to this list.
Since this is already marked OT, I can't resist the temptation of adding my two bits. The idea of "filling up a form and submitting it at the CO" and waiting till "end of March" for the connection is so hopelessly reminiscent of the licence raj that my head swims in disbelief and despair. Add to this the clueless linesmen and even more clueless front office staff, not to mention the globally discredited revenue model of charging per megabyte, and the picture of an anachronistic Kafkaesque nightmare is complete. When will these guys ever grow up?
Sujeet
Sujeet Bhatt wrote:
Add to this the clueless linesmen and even more clueless front office staff, not to mention the globally discredited revenue model of charging per megabyte, and the picture of an anachronistic Kafkaesque nightmare is complete. When will these guys ever grow up?
Sujeet
MTNL's website has the necessary information.
http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/internetservices/adsl/triband.html
Regards,
Rony.
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:10:24 -0800 (PST), Arun Khan knura@yahoo.com wrote:
Fellow list members,
The Khar(W) CO exchange informed me that they will be bringing in my ADSL connection by end of March and left a form to be filled up and submitted at the CO. The form has an item that refers to CPE equipment - either rented from MTNL or customer owned. I asked the lines man what exactly does the CPE mean and he was not sure if it would be my D-Link DI604 router or something else. Therefore, the query to this list.
The ADSL setup that I have seen within the SBC/Ameritech (US midwest) network is as shown in the fig. below. The 2W/UTP from CO is terminated on a DSL/Tel. line splitter. The splitter has one RJ11 (for phone) and one RJ45 (for the DSL router OR the NIC in the computer) connector.
________2W UTP|DSL/Tel.| 2W -------|Splitter|------ from |________| UTP to Tel. set CO | | RJ45 to WAN port on DSL Router
Hopefully, some of you on this list have already got this service and you are able to share some info on the CPE/router configs.
Is the MTNL ADSL connection setup similar to the above fig.? If not, what does it look like?
It is same as above diagram ...... :)
Also, how is the IP connection established i.e. DHCP, Static IP, or PPPoE?
It uses DHCP .....:)
TIA.
yw
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Regards, Arun Khan
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