Bell Sympatico Speed Stream modem: won't talk to Ethernet card

[John Myshrall]

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 19:04:36 -0700 (PDT)
Frank Peng <frank_peng_01-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Just let everybody knows it is Sympatico problem, not
> rp-pppoe's problem. After Sympatico guys fixed it on
> Windows. I hooked it up to Linux. 3
> seconds...Connected!
> 
> Just ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 then fire adsl-start in
> rc.local. As usual.
> 
> The lesson is: first work it out on Windows, then move
> to Linux.
> 

Huh ?

I have never had a Linux connection issues. It's alway's the ISP. Some of the ISP  service techs especially Sympatico couldn't screw a light bulb in without consulting a manual :-P.

John 




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