pliz HELP newbie problems in dsl

[italianknopfans]

hi and sorry for my english
i've read a lot of howtos, the man pages and some books...also tried in other forums and on google but still browsing at 56k (
i got an adsl modem (ethernet/usb siemens) from telecom italy and launched adslpppoeconfig knoppix tool...it worked...the connection was on but when i started browsing couldn't reach no host...then edit etc/resolv/conf and changed the dns with the ones the provider gave me...got same problem...also tried with the rp-ppoe config tool and the story was the same
this is the dsl watch message
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:82.50.27.205 P-t-P:192.168.100.1 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:161 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:125 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:8047 (7.8 KiB) TX bytes:5196 (5.0 KiB)

and this what i get when i tried to access the host of the provider for the first registration which alloes me to use dsl
pliz help me...for this and other reasons (all ok now) i cannot browse with dsl from 1 month
Looking up 81.74.238.6
Making HTTP connection to 81.74.238.6
Sending HTTP request.
HTTP request sent; waiting for response.
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Data transfer complete
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Using http://www.rossoalice.it:80/alice/po...try.do?tabId=0
Looking up www.rossoalice.it
Unable to locate remote host www.rossoalice.it.
Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host.
lynx: Can't access startfile http://81.74.238.6/

thanx

[Harry Kuhman]

You certainly should be able to get it working without what I'm going to say next, and I hope that someone else can help you with that.

However, for the cost of a very inexpensive DSL/cable router (as low as $10 U.S. here in the states), you can completely avoid this problem and have an extra level of security as well. The router gets configured with your DSL login information and takes care of that, PPPoE and/or anything else that your DSL connection needs. You computer or computers run any OS you want and get their network setup by DHCP and you're on the network as soon as you boot. Keep your eyes open for a sale or a good price on one and I doubt if you'll regret it. I particularly like the features of the Dlink brand, but Linksys and others will work as well. Low end (best to avoid) are Belkin and Netgear (IMHO).

[user unknown]

did you edit your /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider.

I wouldn't go for a router for a single machine, because linux can handle security by itself (lot's of routers with firewall are running linux!) and needs power all the time.
Setting up linux or setting up the router should be similar complicated.

[shah]

Try change your netmask from : 255.255.255.255 to
255.255.255.0
or
255.255.0.0

[maddeneye]

Hi. I had the same problem and this is what I did to solve the problem. I haven't figured out why, and whether there is a better way to solve it but now I can access the Net easily with my dsl.

Firstly, if you have already set up using the usual programs, then you should re-install. I don't know how else to undo the things that have been done by those programs. Nothing I tried worked. It seems that these usual set-ups assume that the connection is via a router or something. I might be wrong though. I have my dsl modem connected directly to my network card.

If you do a reinstall, then ONLY SET UP YOUR NETWORK CARD drivers. Don't do anything else. Don't configure, especially the card you use to connect to the modem (usually eth0).

Unpack the rp-pppoe program that you have downloaded and run the "go-gui" option, NOT THE "go" option which will set up pppoe the usual way. With the "go-gui" option, you can turn on and off your connection via a program. You should be able to configure the connection set up - you have done it many times I'm sure. You need to know if your modem is connected to eth0 or eth1 if you have more than 1 NIC. You should choose the option to be able to run the program without being root.

To run the program you have installed, type "tkpppoe" in a console. Configure your connection and give it a name. There are start and stop buttons and an exit button. Exit doesn't stop your connection - you have to stop it first. There is a manual in the rp-pppoe files that you can read. But it is pretty straightforward. If it works for you, you can set up a link to the program on your desktop.

Hope this helps.

[italianknopfans]

hi at all and thanx for suggestions...finally my dsl started working...i got a tip from a lug user in milan...i put the host name for registration with it telecom in etc/hosts...then registered but cannot browse around...so i thought to change etc/hosts as was before and then browsed but only some host...so restarted mozilla and logged with dsl provider and now i'm on knoppix forum...also go on chat but when try to download mail or make some apt-get install it seems hosts are unreacheable...tried with mozilla mail and sylpheed...kmail is temporarily out because upgrading sid got a problem...some had this problem in the past or can imagine what can i search for?
ciao