Help: Can't setup ADSL in MDK 9.1

[Michael Badt]

Hi,

I can't setup my ADSL connection under Mandrake 9.1 although the same
hardware works under WinXP (it's a dual boot PC). It's a single PC with no
local net, just the Internet.

I've an on-board single Ethernet card connected to an ECI ADSL modem using
PPPoE.(the "modem" is called router 270PR although I'm not sure if it
functions as a router without configuration. Anyway, it's working "as is" in
WinXP).

According to the teleco, the IP address of the ADSL modem is 192.168.1.1 (no
dhcp).

My ISP recommends using rp-pppoe which I have done. I've setup my connection
(using adsl-setup) but, when I run (as root) adsl-start I get time out.

Actually I can't even connect to the modem neither by pinging 192.168.1.1
nor by pointing my browser to [url]http://192.168.1.1[/url]

During all this time I've shut down the firewall (shorewall).



Following find copies of:

1.. ifconfig response (note that there is NO ppp0 as I would expect).
2.. Route (note that originally only the first 2 rows were there. I've
added te default gw with no change in behavior.
3.. Copy of dmesg | grep eth


Note that both /etc/hosts.allow & /etc/hosts.deny are empty (no entries).



Please advise as to how to set up my ADSL under MDK 9.1.



Thanks in advance.







----------Output of ifconfig--------------------------



eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:87:06:16:80

inet addr:192.168.1.10 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:100

RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

Interrupt:16 Base address:0xe800



lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:70 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:70 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:4594 (4.4 Kb) TX bytes:4594 (4.4 Kb)



------------------Output of route (note that I've added the last default gw
line myself)-------



Kernel IP routing table

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface

192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0

127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo

default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0



----------output of dmesg | grep eth-------------------------------

eth0: VIA VT6102 Rhine-II at 0xe800, 00:0d:87:06:16:80, IRQ 16.

eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x786d advertising 05e1 Link 41e1.

eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #1 link partner capability of 41e1.

NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0002, PHY status 786d, resetting...

NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0003, PHY status 786d, resetting...

NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0003, PHY status 786d, resetting...

NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0003, PHY status 786d, resetting...



--------------------------end------------------------------------

[Randy Cooper]

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 23:19:46 +0200
"Michael Badt" <mbadt@actcom.net.il> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I can't setup my ADSL connection under Mandrake 9.1 although the same
> hardware works under WinXP (it's a dual boot PC). It's a single PC with no
> local net, just the Internet.
>
> I've an on-board single Ethernet card connected to an ECI ADSL modem using
> PPPoE.(the "modem" is called router 270PR although I'm not sure if it
> functions as a router without configuration. Anyway, it's working "as is" in
> WinXP).
>
> According to the teleco, the IP address of the ADSL modem is 192.168.1.1 (no
> dhcp).
>
> My ISP recommends using rp-pppoe which I have done. I've setup my connection
> (using adsl-setup) but, when I run (as root) adsl-start I get time out.
>
> Actually I can't even connect to the modem neither by pinging 192.168.1.1
> nor by pointing my browser to [url]http://192.168.1.1[/url]
>
> During all this time I've shut down the firewall (shorewall).
>
>
>
> Following find copies of:
>
> 1.. ifconfig response (note that there is NO ppp0 as I would expect).
> 2.. Route (note that originally only the first 2 rows were there. I've
> added te default gw with no change in behavior.
> 3.. Copy of dmesg | grep eth
>
>
> Note that both /etc/hosts.allow & /etc/hosts.deny are empty (no entries).
>
>
>
> Please advise as to how to set up my ADSL under MDK 9.1.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----------Output of ifconfig--------------------------
>
>
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:87:06:16:80
>
> inet addr:192.168.1.10 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
>
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>
> TX packets:0 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> Interrupt:16 Base address:0xe800
>
>
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
>
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
>
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
>
> RX packets:70 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>
> TX packets:70 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>
> RX bytes:4594 (4.4 Kb) TX bytes:4594 (4.4 Kb)
>
>
>
> ------------------Output of route (note that I've added the last default gw
> line myself)-------
>
>
>
> Kernel IP routing table
>
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
>
> 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
>
> 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
>
> default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
>
>
>
> ----------output of dmesg | grep eth-------------------------------
>
> eth0: VIA VT6102 Rhine-II at 0xe800, 00:0d:87:06:16:80, IRQ 16.
>
> eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x786d advertising 05e1 Link 41e1.
>
> eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #1 link partner capability of 41e1.
>
> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
>
> eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0002, PHY status 786d, resetting...
>
> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
>
> eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0003, PHY status 786d, resetting...
>
> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
>
> eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0003, PHY status 786d, resetting...
>
> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
>
> eth0: Transmit timed out, status 0003, PHY status 786d, resetting...
>
>
>
> --------------------------end------------------------------------
>

I have rp-pppoe working with ADSL in a similar configuration.

It is my understanding that you should not have eth0 come up with an ip address nor should you have a default route before enabling the adsl/pppoe connection. The fact that eth0 has an ip address of 192.168.1.10 may be a problem. Once the connection is established ppp0 will be assigned an ip address and a defaultroute will be set. You do have DEFAULTROUTE=yes specified in /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf don't you?

I don't use Mandrake so I can't tell you how to ensure that eth0 has no ip address and you have no defaultroute set after booting and before trying to bring up the adsl/pppoe connection.

Good luck,
Randy