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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

How To Setup a BSNL DataOne BroadBand connection in Linux

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Remember that all these assumes that your router is connected to the LAN port, if it’s connected to the USB port, then disconnect it and connect to the LAN port. If you dont have a LAN card, then consider getting one. It’s cheap, costs around Rs. 200.


Next, it’s best to have the router configured in pppoe mode. In this case you just have to switch on the router, the router and DHCP will take care of the rest.


If you’re unsure whether your router is in PPPoE more or bridge mode, If you have used a dialer in Windows, then your router is in bridge mode. In this case, open the terminal and type


    sudo pppoeconf


Next, answer yes to all questions and enter the username and password when prompted.


Please note that this is a one type setup.


To connect, open the terminal and type


    pon dsl-provider


To terminate the connection type


    poff


Please note that I still recommend configuring your router to PPPoE mode for hassle-free net connection under Linux. if anyone else has or uses a different method, then do please mention them in the comments.


If you don’t want to use the terminal for connecting/disconnecting then, follow the below steps:.


Note that the one-time setup has to be done as mentioned above. Once this is done, to create an icon for launching the connection,


Right click on the desktop and lick on Create Launcher. In the Type dropdown list, chooseApplication in Terminal. Give a name like, Connect to DataOne. In the command type


    pon dsl-provider


Click OK. That's it! Double click on the icon to Connect!


For Fedora, follow the below mentioned steps


Launch the terminal. Type


    adsl-setup


It will ask for


    Enter your Login Name


Type


    @dataone


for eg: if username is SathyaSays then enter


SathyaSays@dataone for username


Next it will ask for


    Interface


Type


    /dev/eth0


<– note it is eth0(ie, the number 0, not the letter o)


Next when prompted for


    Enter the demand value


just press enter


Next it will ask


    Please enter the IP address of your ISP’s primary DNS server


Just type server


Next it will ask for


    PASSWORD


Enter the password of your Dataone/DSL account


Next, it will ask for


    USERCTRL


type yes or just press enter


Next it will ask for


    FIREWALLING


type 1


Finally it will ask for


    Do you want to start this connection at boot time?


Type


    no


This is the one type setup.


To start the connection type


adsl-start


To terminate the connection type


adsl-stop


To know the status of the connection type


adsl-status

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