DSL question

[briangw]

OK,

bear with me here, as this may be kinda long....

I had DSL installed by my local Telco, Lakedale link. Before we get started, here's what you need to know. Qwest is all around us, but this local telco is still around. Lakedale has a help desk that works 8-5 and no online help. They WILL NOT support any modem outside of the internal, $240.00 model that they are selling. I am to have a dynamic IP and all they gave me was a Gateway address and some DNS addresses.

Last night, I found my Cisco 675 and mgmt cable from when I lived in S. Mpls and was with Qwest. First, I updated my CBOS to 2.4.6 (something from May 2002). No issues there. I didn't install the Commander software b/c I'm not dealing with Qwest anymore.

Then, I wiped my NVRAM clean and proceeded to configure my router.

I wasn't told which mode I was going through by my local telco, so a friend of mine provided instructions for both PPP and Bridging modes.

I was told there are two, PPP or Bridging. But, isn't there also DHCP?

I found these instructions: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/rou...ml#xtocid237596

I'm going to try the DHCP configuration that was listed on there tonight, since the PPP and Bridging modes did not work.

Upon trying both of those modes (erasing the NVRAM after each unsuccessful attempt), my WAN LNK light was blinking 6 times, pausing for about 2 sconds and repeating. So, obviously, it could not locate a connection.

2 Questions. I talked to Lakedale Link today. They told me that they run the connection as DHCP. Isn't DHCP the same as bridging or are they different? If different, I will try the DHCP config, tonight. Also, if the 675 does not work, would the 678 or a store bought external DSL modem possibly work? I was told that the 675 might be too old for what Lakedale is providing. And since Lakedale is only selling internal modems, I have little to no support from them. You all can probably guess why I don't want an internal modem from them (the $240.00 price tag?). Also, I want to have an external modem for other PCs to use, rather than keeping one PC on all of the time in order for others to access the Internet.

Now, they did give me Gateway and DNS entries for my PC, but I think that is more for their internal modems.

All is not lost, however. A neighbor owns his own Pc business and he was going to try a USB/Ethernet DSL modem. so, I'm waiting to hear back whether that worked or not.

any suggestions???

[MxxCon]

dhcp and bridge are totaly different things.

dhcp is protocol with which computer gets ip address.

bridge mode is the way in which your modem works. it can be bridge or router. in bridge mode your modem just stablish connection, it doesn't do anything with the traffic. in router mode it actualy handles the connection, authentication and routing(for example if you have lan)

i dont know anything about your isp so i'll give you my best guess from what i know..

if your isp uses dhcp, it's probable that they use PPPoE.

the reason why your modem can't stablish sync is probably becuase you have incorrect VPI/VCI configuration.

if your isp does not provide free modem and require you to buy one they MUST provide enough info for you to be able to configure your own modem. call them and phone-rape 'em :)

once you'll have your modem sync up, just tell XP to create new PPPoE connection(see help file for exact steps). or if it's not-XP OS you'll need to isntall some pppoe software such as RASPPPoE.

if you need more info check out www.dslreports.com

you might find some folks who use your isp or somebody else who'll be able to help you..