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Problem with PPPoE/ADSL Connection

Asked by Imtiyaz Sayed

Hi,

I have installed Ubuntu 6.06 LTS on my compaq laptop. I have installed it from the CD which was shipped to be by Ubuntu. I have created a ASDL/PPPoE connection as specified in the help dcumentation. Afetr which my Laptop gets connected to internet. But after browsing for around 5-10 min, the browser i.e FireFox starts hanging up, and i realized that the modem gets hanged.

Can you please help me is resolving the issue, as i am unable to update my laptop, or use internet effectively.

The modem which i am using is D-Link GLB-502T.

Please let me know is their any other way to configure the PPPoE connection or may be i am missing some settings because of which the connection gets hanged.

Please Help!!!

Imtiyaz

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Thomas Templin (coastgnu) said : 		#1

May be you run into the problem mentioned at:
http://groups.google.com.bz/group/comp.os.linux.networking/browse_thread/thread/974fd35051dde9f4/6dfc3040c58bcb12?hl=en

Especially the part:
---8<---
 <email address hidden>
Hey,,,

         My problem with GLB-502T is resolved now... Actually the
problem is with the WAN MAC. According to D-Link tech-support, the WAN
MAC is same in all the GLB-502T routers and since recently the ISPs
have started caching the router's WAN MAC addresses, it becomes a
problem with GLB-502T series routers.
Solution: Contact D-Link Tech-support Mumbai - 022 26542264/66 and get
the MAC address changed (they actually edit the MAC in the hardware).
My problem is resolved now.. I am able to connect with PPPoE within the
GLB 502T router.
---8<---

So if your provider caches MAC Adresses as mentioned above it might be a good idea to contact your local D-Link Tech support (not the one in Mumbay as mentioned above, it's in India :-)) and ask how to change the MAC adress of the router.

regards,
thomas

BTW. A Vendor who sells network devices which alll have the same MAC adress is _very suspicious_ in my eyes. I'm running a Lynksys WRT54G here and it works like a charm, may be you are able to change your router. May be your ISP offers other devices if you ask him.

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