23 Nov
2005
23 Nov
'05
11:49 a.m.
Hello All,
This is a little embarasing to ask as something as
simple as triband is not getting setup in linux. On
the day we met at Bandra, later I tried it out at my
uncle's place and no success. Now I got it at my place
and I tried dhcp as well as static ip but nothing
works. In dhcp, the dns becomes 192.168.1.1 instead of
mtnl's dns, so I made it static but no result.
/etc/resolv.conf show the 2 dns entries.
Help help!!
Rony.
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23 Nov
23 Nov
12:39 p.m.
On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 06:19 +0000, Rony Bill wrote:
Hello All,
This is a little embarasing to ask as something as
simple as triband is not getting setup in linux. On
the day we met at Bandra, later I tried it out at my
uncle's place and no success. Now I got it at my place
and I tried dhcp as well as static ip but nothing
works. In dhcp, the dns becomes 192.168.1.1 instead of
mtnl's dns, so I made it static but no result.
/etc/resolv.conf show the 2 dns entries.
Help help!!
The unit should work irrespective of the Client OS. However, your
symptoms are similar to what I experienced with the first DLink modem I
got from MTNL. It RIP'd a short while thereafter. Of course, MTNL will
not replace until it bellies up. Hopefully, you have better luck with
your unit.
1. Firmware version of the modem? (hint: status>device info). If
not V2.00B01T01.ML.20050530, upgrade from DLink/India website.
2. Disable DNS relay and DHCP in the modem, on client systems apply
static IP and MTNL's DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf. This
worked for me for a while until the modem went kaput. In the
replaced unit I have done the same deal.
3. If the above does not work, then "reset" the unit (a small
switch at the back) to factory defaults. Before you "reset"
note the settings for PVC0 (home>wan). After unit reboots, you
will have to re-enter your PPPoE login data and save it.
4. You can try DLink Tech support but don't raise your expectations
for them to solve your problem.
HTH,
--
Arun Khan
Linux is like a wigwam - no gates, no windows, apache inside
2:03 p.m.
On Wednesday 23 November 2005 12:39, Arun K. Khan wrote:
The unit should work irrespective of the Client OS. However, your
symptoms are similar to what I experienced with the first DLink
modem I got from MTNL. It RIP'd a short while thereafter. Of
course, MTNL will not replace until it bellies up. Hopefully, you
have better luck with your unit.
1. Firmware version of the modem? (hint: status>device info).
If not V2.00B01T01.ML.20050530, upgrade from DLink/India website.
Afaik all modems from MTNL installed in the past month are with the
above.
If u login to the modem webserver and goto "Status" u will get the
Wan status which should show connected. If not u are not connected and
u will have to call MTNL. Have a windoz box ready if u dont want to
spend half the day teaching MTNL personnel GNU/Linux.
Go to the "tools" "misc" section. U can ping the dns from there.
rgds
jtd
6:17 p.m.
On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 14:03 +0530, JTD wrote:
On Wednesday 23 November 2005 12:39, Arun K. Khan
wrote:
I did not know about it, not being in the DLink->MTNL supply chain.
Besides, it is best not to make any assumption.
--
Arun Khan
Linux is like a wigwam - no gates, no windows, apache inside
1. Firmware version of the modem? (hint:
status>device info).
If not V2.00B01T01.ML.20050530, upgrade from DLink/India website.
Afaik all modems from MTNL installed in the past month are with the
above. 
29 Nov
29 Nov
11:21 p.m.
On 11/23/05, Arun K. Khan <knura(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 06:19 +0000, Rony Bill wrote:
I have located the problem in my triband connection.
The connection was allright (ping & ftp & synaptic->ok)
but no sites opened in Firefox.
I found that at boot up Ubuntu forgets the dns entries & replaces it with
192.168.1.1
even if i add these entries in resolv.conf
hence the ad-hoc solution is to add these entries manually on every power-up
& then surf ;-)
Or I could make a simple script to add these lines to resolv.conf which runs
at startup.
An attempt:
#!/bin/bash
echo nameserver 203.94.227.70 203.94.243.70 > /etc/resolv.conf
echo search 203.94.227.70 203.94.243.70 > /etc/resolv.conf
# that's all folks
how can I make this run at startup?
rc1.d?
I might have to chmod resolv.conf to be writable by others.
Regards,
Mohan S N
Hello All,
This is a little embarasing to ask as something as
simple as triband is not getting setup in linux. On
the day we met at Bandra, later I tried it out at my
uncle's place and no success. Now I got it at my place
and I tried dhcp as well as static ip but nothing
works. In dhcp, the dns becomes 192.168.1.1 instead of
mtnl's dns, so I made it static but no result.
/etc/resolv.conf show the 2 dns entries.
Help help!!
The unit should work irrespective of the Client OS. However, your
symptoms are similar to what I experienced with the first DLink modem I
got from MTNL. It RIP'd a short while thereafter. Of course, MTNL will
not replace until it bellies up. Hopefully, you have better luck with
your unit.
1. Firmware version of the modem? (hint: status>device info). If
not V2.00B01T01.ML.20050530, upgrade from DLink/India website.
2. Disable DNS relay and DHCP in the modem, on client systems apply
static IP and MTNL's DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf. This
worked for me for a while until the modem went kaput. In the
replaced unit I have done the same deal.
3. If the above does not work, then "reset" the unit (a small
switch at the back) to factory defaults. Before you "reset"
note the settings for PVC0 (home>wan). After unit reboots, you
will have to re-enter your PPPoE login data and save it.
4. You can try DLink Tech support but don't raise your expectations
for them to solve your problem.
HTH,
--
Arun Khan
Linux is like a wigwam - no gates, no windows, apache inside
--
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30 Nov
30 Nov
12:33 a.m.
On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 23:21 +0530, Mohan Nayaka wrote:
I have located the problem in my triband connection.
The connection was allright (ping & ftp & synaptic->ok)
but no sites opened in Firefox.
I found that at boot up Ubuntu forgets the dns entries & replaces it with
192.168.1.1
even if i add these entries in resolv.conf
hence the ad-hoc solution is to add these entries manually on every power-up
& then surf ;-)
Ubuntu does not forget dns entries. Looks like your Ubuntu setup is
getting IP/DNS info dynamically from the DSL modem/router via DHCP.
Change the setup to static ip and enter the DNS servers - you need to
make these changes only once.
--
Arun Khan
Linux is like a wigwam - no gates, no windows, apache inside
9:44 p.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Re: [OT] Triband not up in Linux
Arun K. Khan wrote:
On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 23:21 +0530, Mohan Nayaka wrote:
> I found that at boot up Ubuntu forgets the dns
entries & replaces
> it with 192.168.1.1 even if i add these entries in resolv.conf
Ubuntu does not forget dns entries. Looks like your Ubuntu setup is
getting IP/DNS info dynamically from the DSL modem/router via DHCP.
Change the setup to static ip and enter the DNS servers - you need to
make these changes only once.
Hello Arun and Mohan,
While I was fiddling with the password settings I had noticed that the
DNS entry in the ADSL itself is 192.168.1.1 and it is in auto mode. I
just now changed it to manual and added the 2 dns entries 203.94.227.70 and
203.94.243.70 Then after save and reboot, I blanked out the
/etc/resolv.conf and then set my eth0 to dhcp with no existing dns
entries. After a reboot, I am able to get my net up by plain dhcp. So
now any machine with dhcp can be connected to the modem. :)
Regards,
Rony.
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23 Nov
23 Nov
12:44 p.m.
On Wednesday 23 November 2005 11:49, Rony Bill wrote:
Hello All,
This is a little embarasing to ask as something as
simple as triband is not getting setup in linux.
Why is this OT??.
On
the day we met at Bandra, later I tried it out at my
uncle's place and no success. Now I got it at my place
and I tried dhcp as well as static ip but nothing
works.
What exactly is "nothing works"?
can u ping the modem?
can u ping the dns (203.94.227.70 in my case) from your box?
In dhcp, the dns becomes 192.168.1.1 instead of
mtnl's dns, so I made it static but no result.
/etc/resolv.conf show the 2 dns entries.
which ones? If u dont have a local dns your resolv.conf should show u
203.94.227.70 and 203.94.243.70
If u have a local dns it should show u 127.0.0.1
Help help!!
Calm down. No point in getting your kernel to panic.
rgds
jtd
1:52 p.m.
Hello All,
This is a little embarasing to ask as something as
simple as triband is not getting setup in linux.
7:46 p.m.
JTD wrote:
Calm down. No point in getting your kernel to panic.
That was exactly the problem. :) The triband works in windows so I was
hesitant to do any change in the modem settings. I just read all your
replies in windows and proceeded to restart into linux to try the
solutions and it simply started working. I think the problem was that I
was working in gui but only doing a 'service network restsrt' without
logging out after any change in settings. Right now I am using a static
IP with DNS servers loaded in /etc/resolv.conf
This is the result of my speed check in linux. It is not going upto 256
kbps but thats ok.
Internet connection speed results:
File Size: 1000KB
Time to Download: 38.957second(s)
Your Bandwidth: 236.02Kbps
(0.230Mbps)
Thank you everyone for your prompt replies, it is a very nice feeling.
Thank you all. :) Now the next stop is my uncle's place and I will give
feedback about it.
Best Wishes,
Rony.
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24 Nov
24 Nov
1:41 a.m.
On Wednesday 23 November 2005 14:16, Rony Bill wrote:
This is the result of my speed check in linux. It is not going upto
256 kbps but thats ok.
Internet connection speed results:
File Size: 1000KB
Time to Download: 38.957second(s)
Your Bandwidth: 236.02Kbps
(0.230Mbps)
Thank you everyone for your prompt replies, it is a very nice
feeling. Thank you all. :) Now the next stop is my uncle's place and
I will give feedback about it.
Hey consider yourself lucky! 236Kbps isn't bad at all. People have
trouble getting even 210Kbps! :(
--
Dinesh A. Joshi
10:10 a.m.
On Wednesday 23 November 2005 19:46, Rony Bill wrote:
This is the result of my speed check in linux. It is not going upto
256 kbps but thats ok.
Internet connection speed results:
File Size: 1000KB
Time to Download: 38.957second(s)
Your Bandwidth: 236.02Kbps
(0.230Mbps)
That is the max u will get. I get 224~226Kbps consistently.
rgds
jtd
7 Dec
7 Dec
9:35 p.m.
Rony Bill wrote:
Now the next stop is my uncle's place and I will
give
feedback about it.
Today my uncle's comp. was made linux ready. The dhcp was already
enabled in the last failed attempt. This time the only thing done was to
edit the adsl modem's dns setting to manual and added the 2 server
entries. That was it and the machine was surfing the net after a reboot.
Regards,
Rony.
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8 Dec
8 Dec
3:44 a.m.
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 16:05, Rony Bill wrote:
Today my uncle's comp. was made linux ready. The dhcp was already
enabled in the last failed attempt. This time the only thing done was
to edit the adsl modem's dns setting to manual and added the 2 server
entries. That was it and the machine was surfing the net after a
reboot.
a simple /etc/init.d/network restart would've done it ;)
--
Dinesh A. Joshi
7 Dec
7 Dec
10:29 p.m.
On 12/8/05, Dinesh Joshi <dinesh.a.joshi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 16:05, Rony Bill wrote:
It will be a little while before that becomes *simple* for me. ;-)
given that my work/study in Linux is from 2330-0030 everyday.
Regards,
Mohan S N
Today my uncle's comp. was made linux ready. The dhcp was already
enabled in the last failed attempt. This time the only thing done was
to edit the adsl modem's dns setting to manual and added the 2 server
entries. That was it and the machine was surfing the net after a
reboot.
a simple /etc/init.d/network restart would've done it ;)
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8 Dec
8 Dec
4:29 a.m.
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 16:59, Mohan Nayaka wrote:
It will be a little while before that becomes
*simple* for me. ;-)
given that my work/study in Linux is from 2330-0030 everyday.
Bah! Study linux? Use it with passion and you dont need to "study
linux" :)
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7:25 a.m.
On Wednesday 07 Dec 2005 9:35 pm, Rony Bill wrote:
was surfing the net after a reboot.
why did you reboot???
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kg
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2:55 p.m.
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
why did you reboot???
Sorry, old Windows habit.
Actually I had problems with dns when I used service network restart
during static ip settings in my comp. Thats when I had pressed the panic
button. But I checked it up now for dhcp and it works fine without
reboot. :)
How does one activate resolv.conf entries without a reboot?
Regards,
Rony.
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3:03 p.m.
On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 02:55:38PM +0530, Rony Bill wrote:
How does one activate resolv.conf entries without a
reboot?
Restarting user-land applications should be enough.
HTH,
Natarajan
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3:43 p.m.
On Thursday 08 Dec 2005 2:55 pm, Rony Bill wrote:
How does one activate resolv.conf entries without a
reboot?
service named restart
--
regards
kg
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4:06 p.m.
On Thursday 08 Dec 2005 3:43 pm, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On Thursday 08 Dec 2005 2:55 pm, Rony Bill wrote:
and please get into the habit of rebooting your machine once in six
months whether it needs it or not - /me suspects you are rebooting
everytime you install a new package
--
regards
kg
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tally ho! http://avsap.org.in
ಇಂಡ್ಲಿನಕ್ಸ வாழ்க!
How does one activate resolv.conf entries without
a reboot?
service named restart 
10 Dec
10 Dec
2:26 p.m.
On 08/12/05 14:55 +0530, Rony Bill wrote:
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
echo nameserver ip.add.re.ss1 > /etc/resolv.conf
echo nameserver ip.add.re.ss2 >> /etc/resolv.conf
Refresh the browser page.
Devdas Bhagat
why did you reboot???
Sorry, old Windows habit.
Actually I had problems with dns when I used service network restart
during static ip settings in my comp. Thats when I had pressed the panic
button. But I checked it up now for dhcp and it works fine without
reboot. :)
How does one activate resolv.conf entries without a reboot? 
23 Nov
23 Nov
1:22 p.m.
--- Rony Bill <ronbillypop(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
This is a little embarasing to ask as something as
simple as triband is not getting setup in linux. On
the day we met at Bandra, later I tried it out at my
uncle's place and no success. Now I got it at my place
and I tried dhcp as well as static ip but nothing
works. In dhcp, the dns becomes 192.168.1.1 instead of
mtnl's dns, so I made it static but no result.
/etc/resolv.conf show the 2 dns entries.
1) Does this mean you tried setting it up in windows and it worked?
2) I am using triband and like someone said, the OS should not matter.
My setup is actually via my WAP+router and even then it works in a
straightforward manner.
Router Internet IP (same as your Nic's IP for a direct connection) would be
192.168.1.2
The gateway would be 192.168.1.1
The 2 dns's are 203.94.227.70 and 203.94.243.70
In the Wan Settings, you need to select Pvc0.
Then a username and password field will be displayed. And your username is the
phone number and default password is the CA number (get that from your phone
bill).
Save it.
(I had a hiccuping modem at first which i got replaced.) but overall the setup
was very very straightforward.
If you change your accounts default password via the web interface then make sure
you change the password in the modem too. And this is not the modem admin
password we are talking about.
hope this helps
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