[Ma-linux] Re: [Dclug] Last Steps in DSL - Verizon installation

[Nick Danger]

Alan McConnell wrote:
> 192.168.1.1 is used by nothing else.   I have run
> 		ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 up
>   
<snip>

> 	It is always one of our favorite words:  "should".  But when
> 	I try     " firefox  http://192.168.1.1 "  I get, immediately,
> 	"The connection was refused when attempting to contact
> 	192.168.1.1."
>   

Well yeah. you just tried to connect to yourself. I think what is 
suggested is that 192.168.1.1 is the router that the ILEC gave you, try 
setting your ethernet card to 1.2 (ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 netmask 
255.255.255.0) or use dhclient on it to get a dhcp address (dhclient eht0)

> 	After the  "ifconfig .  .   .  up" command, above, I can
> 	ping 192.168.1.1  and get satisfactory response.  Except
> 	when I disconnect the Ethernet from the modem and ping
> 	I get the same response . . . !!  (How can that be? )
>   

Because you are pinging yourself :-)

> 	Megan tells me I don't have to worry about the wall phone.
>   

You MIGHT hear some line noise on that one phone, the filter only 
filters the high pitched DSL noise from your phone so you dont hear it. 
Most of the time I'd forget to install them when moving phones around my 
house, I never noticed. So yes, dont worry.

Nick