Hello List,
Logged on to Triband's home page today, and the marquee scrolling on their page (just below the flash animation) says, "For best Triband Usage ... Linux O. S. with LAN port..."
(Did someone notice this before me?)
So, their department (dealing with Triband) realizes that there are individuals who use Triband with a Linux distro!
All that they have to do now, is introduce Unlimited plans at more reasonable rates (read 'lower') for users. (hehe, this must be on so many wishlists ;) )
But I wonder, what sort of a support will they provide for GNU/Linux users? Distro-specific or will they ask users to do "command-line" tasks for configuring, in case the user decides to switch to manual configuration. (or whatsoever)
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On Wednesday 16 May 2007 20:08, Roshan wrote:
Hello List,
Logged on to Triband's home page today, and the marquee scrolling on their page (just below the flash animation) says, "For best Triband Usage ... Linux O. S. with LAN port..."
(Did someone notice this before me?)
So, their department (dealing with Triband) realizes that there are individuals who use Triband with a Linux distro!
I can think of at least 2 good reasons for them promoting Linux:
1. Fewer help line calls from people whose Winduhs is virus infected and who blame the ISP for all their ills.
2. Lower overall traffic, since chances of Linux being infected with a spambot are much lower than something similar happening in Winduhs.
All that they have to do now, is introduce Unlimited plans at more reasonable rates (read 'lower') for users. (hehe, this must be on so many wishlists ;) )
Isn't the unlimited 256 Kb/s some Rs 900 per month? Sounds pretty reasonable to me.
But I wonder, what sort of a support will they provide for GNU/Linux users? Distro-specific or will they ask users to do "command-line" tasks for configuring, in case the user decides to switch to manual configuration. (or whatsoever)
You don't need any special stuff to use MTNL. You can either use the DSL modem as a router, in which case you just use DHCP to get address, default router, etc., or use your machine's native PPPoE with the DSL Modem in bridge mode (which is the way I prefer to use it).
Regards,
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Sometime on Wednesday 16 May 2007 23:55, Raj Mathur said:
All that they have to do now, is introduce Unlimited plans at more reasonable rates (read 'lower') for users. (hehe, this must be on so many wishlists ;) )
Isn't the unlimited 256 Kb/s some Rs 900 per month? Sounds pretty reasonable to me.
IIRC, that's only for their Delhi customers. Not Mumbai ;-)
Anurag
On 16-May-07, at 11:55 PM, Raj Mathur wrote:
All that they have to do now, is introduce Unlimited plans at more reasonable rates (read 'lower') for users. (hehe, this must be on so many wishlists ;) )
Isn't the unlimited 256 Kb/s some Rs 900 per month? Sounds pretty reasonable to me.
for some reason there are no unlimited plans in mumbai
Raj Mathur wrote:
You don't need any special stuff to use MTNL. You can either use the DSL modem as a router, in which case you just use DHCP to get address, default router, etc., or use your machine's native PPPoE with the DSL Modem in bridge mode (which is the way I prefer to use it).
Are there any specific advantages of using the modem in bridged mode (PPPoE) as compared to the default setup?
Regards,
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 03:13:02PM +0530, Anant Narayanan wrote:
Are there any specific advantages of using the modem in bridged mode (PPPoE) as compared to the default setup?
One thing I can tell you is that accounting is easier in bridge mode, since PPPoE logs the exact number of bytes sent and received in /var/log/messages (or a similar file). For example, I had a crude script which used to do quite well (for most cases) here:
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/~ee03b091/pyprogs/inettime.html
But in the router mode, I can't do accounting easily. vnstat seems to be a good option, but I never seem to be able to match MTNL's stats.
Kumar
On Thursday 17 May 2007 15:13, Anant Narayanan wrote:
Raj Mathur wrote:
You don't need any special stuff to use MTNL. You can either use the DSL modem as a router, in which case you just use DHCP to get address, default router, etc., or use your machine's native PPPoE with the DSL Modem in bridge mode (which is the way I prefer to use it).
Are there any specific advantages of using the modem in bridged mode (PPPoE) as compared to the default setup?
Mini-HOWTO on using the MTNL modem in bridged mode:
http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/msg13566.html
Reasons why I prefer bridged mode to routing mode:
http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/msg13568.html
Regards,
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