[Dclug] Last Steps in DSL - Verizon installation

[David Lesher]

Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
> 
> I have the same service/modem, and it does indeed work with Linux.
> Check /etc/hosts to see if 192.168.1.1 is being used by something
> else, and change the something else.  It's better to do it that way
> than to change the DSL modem (configuration->Private LAN Configuration,
> which isn't my recommendation), since resetting the MODEM might re-
> store the original value.  Since the DSL Modem is the entrance into
> your system from the outside world, it makes sense to give it that
> value anyway.
> 
> The browser should find the modems built-in websever via
> http://192.168.1.1

The bigger question and answer is: Did Alan get a DHCP assignment
from the router? A look at "ifconfig" will tell him that AND if
he did; the router's address. [Most ARE 192.168.1.1; some may be
192.168.0.1, 10.0.0.1 etc.] 

As for the wall phone; if the DSL works with it unfiltered, OK.
If not, disconnect a wire feeding it and see if that alters
anything.

The sole thing connected while on-hook is the ringer; you can always
disconnect one of the wires to it and insulate it.

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