[Nelug] ADSL & uklinux.net

[Neil Shaw]

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On Tuesday 30 Dec 2003 12:07, Ian McKeag wrote:
> Hi!
>
> seasons greatings!  (not my favoutite time I'm afraid,  Bah! Humbug! etc.)
>
my sentiments exactly :)

> Have you any experience of setting up an ADSL router connection to
> uklinux.net?  (xxxxx-uklinux at ukadsl)
>
no, but have done it twice with zen and eclipse

> They have given me little info, username and password, and they seem
> un-enthusiastic when it comes to support.  I'm trying to use a Netgear
> DG834 Firewall router which has established a modem link but is
> otherwise not playing at all.  I have assumed DHCP but nothing is
> happening.
i'm assuming that you mean that the router can see the outside world, but that 
your internal machines see nothing.
erm, are you using an internal IP range (192.168.x.x for example) for your 
machines that are connecting to the router? If so, have you enabled NAT on 
your router? that caught me out on my first attempt.

Neil
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