[ug-bosug] How to create an ADSL dialer?

[USM Bish]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 12:20:35PM +0530, Atul Vidwansa wrote:
> Correct. There is no way in my modem configuration to supply
> username/password. So  any suggestion for creating  a dialer
> (PPP?)? Regards,
> -Atul
>

Atul, 

Do you have an  ADSL modem or an ADSL router  ? For Airtel, it
is "modems" which are installed  by default for most users who
use Windoze. This  device has a dialer and has  a username and
password to negotiate the Airtel  side of the connection. This
system does  not work under  *nix systems,  to the best  of my
knowledge.

I too  have an  Airtel broadband,  but I  am connected  over a
router (ZyXEL  Pestige 600), not  a modem. This does  not need
any username  and password, since  these two are fed  into the
router during  initial install. The username  (rather complex)
is given  by touchtel. You  can only change the  password, and
that too  in the router  itself. You  need to telnet  into the
router or use the http  interface of the router at 192.168.1.1
for changing the  configuration. I set my box  up static under
this network  on one  of the ethernets.  The second  serves my
NAT. There is no "dialing" needed here. You are online as long
as the devices are on.

My guess is that yours is the Windows-only modem. You may need
to change to a router for *nix. You need to contact Airtel for
the change. Oh yes,  the router works under Windows too, so no
hassels on a dual boot.

Bish