----- Original Message ----- From: Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com Date: Sunday, August 21, 2005 0:06 am Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] MTNL broadband

On Saturday 20 August 2005 12:39, sherlock@vsnl.com wrote:

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Am i crazy to use winblows??.

How stupid of me to assume that ... :P

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Actually the setup is very simple if u have used linux. The modem connects to your box nic with a straight cable. It has a default ip of 192.168.1.1. You fire up your browser and connect to this ip. You can change the ip to something else, configure static ips, dhcp, some basic firewalling etc. U can also telnet into the modem. U can reflash the modem with the latest kernel, busybox and anything alse that u want flash size permitting.

Yeah, I have used Linux and continue to do so happily :P Thats why I am on this mailing list :).

Ha ha. I meant if one uses linux, as the mtnl guys had never used linux

I know the procedure. But actually doing it is very different than reading about it.

I think not. But i will call u for the next install.

BTW I heard these modems had a lot of heat problems and would stop working (or reboot) after a while... is that true??

No. None at all. But the modem is well ventilated, and the psu is outside.

rgd jtd