Hi, I am dual booting FC5 with Windoze on a Toshiba Laptop(Tecra S2). I have a broadband connection from IQARA broadband.
Has anyone got IQARA running on linux? Could you help me out with some instructions on how to go about this?
I have tried the following so far :
In Network Connections, I created a new xDSL connection named Iqara which uses dialup for getting IP information. Besides this, there is also an Inactive Ethernet connection on eth0 (the Ethernet Card--Marvell-something-something, recognized correctly). The Inactive ethernet connection is set to start up and determine IP information using DHCP. This sometimes fails to bring up the eth0 interface with the following error: Determining ip information.... <then gives Failed>. Now, on trying the Iqara connection, it starts up properly. But the problem is that this happens only sporadically.... bringing up eth0 more often than not is reporting the following error: Determining ip information:.... Failed; no link present, Check cable? If this happens then Iqara also fails to start up. At the same time, on Windows, the connection works properly... odd, since I would have expected it to say something like "Network Cable unplugged".
RP-PPoE also doesnt seem to work, though I am not sure of all the settings.
Any help in setting it up is highly welcome...
Thanks a lot, Rakesh
On Monday 23 October 2006 11:33, Rakesh Venkat wrote:
Any help in setting it up is highly welcome...
Hi rakesh! :) Welcome to the list. I have never used Iqara broadband. But could you tell us how exactly do you connect to Iqara from windows? It will help us get you online in Linux :)
Hi Rakesh
In Network Connections, I created a new xDSL connection named Iqara which uses dialup for getting IP information.
Check xDSL connection to see if it is using eth0 or eth1. Play with the connection from eth1 to eth0 and vice versa. Faced a somewhat same issue with Philip's PC on Iqara, and their support really sucks when it comes to linux. Also write a small script to start at bootup.
Derwyn
Check xDSL connection to see if it is using eth0 or eth1. Play with the connection from eth1 to eth0 and vice versa.
Well, eth1 is some Intel Wireless thing, which wont work in any case. So , I used eth0 only.
Faced a somewhat same issue with Philip's PC on Iqara, and their
support really sucks when it comes to linux.
Yeah, really! The guy at the call centre didnt know what 'Linux' is and kept asking for a TCp error number (which pops up in Windows) .. after telling him what an OS is and enlightening him on 'Windows-is-not-the-only-OS' mantra, the reply I got was "Sorry, our service doesnt support linux then!". So much for my five minutes of preaching.
Also write a small script to start at bootup.
Do you mean something like /sbin/ifup eth0 ? Could you elaborate? This command from the terminal too gives the error "No link, Check cable?'
I will post some of the relevant messages from ifconfig in some time, dont have the laptop with me now.. maybe you guys can make sense of that.
Thanks, --Rakesh