Saturday, January 10, 2009

BSNL Dataone-Modem Configuration

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Here is Video of step by step modem configuration to help you

How To: Configure BSNL Broadband on Vista

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Here is a video tutorial on configuring BSNL Broadband on Windows Vista

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Merging 2 BSNL Broadband Connection Using D-Link DI-LB604 Load Balancing Router

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Here’s what I have done to achieve 90 KB/s download in UTorrent.

What you need.
1) Two Broadband connections on two different linesI have Home 1350 UL - 512 kbps & Home 750 UL - 256 kbps
2) D-Link DI-LB604 Load Balancing Router.
3) ADSL modems 2 Nos. (I use D-Link GLB 502T)4) CAT-5 patch cables (come along with modem/router)

First connect one modem to your computer via Ethernet (CAT-5). Setup a connection in Bridge mode.
Do the same for second connection using second connection.
Now you have your D-Link DI-LB604 Load Balancing Router with 2 WAN ports and 4 LAN ports.
Connect both the modems to DI-LB604 in WAN1 and WAN2 ports.
Switch on all both the modems and DI-LB604You will see WAN1 & WAN2 LEDs light up.
Now connect DI-LB604 to your computer via Ethernet (CAT-5) using one of the LAN ports on DI-LB604.

Open your browser and goto 192.168.0.1 provide username and password for DI-LB604 (Default username admin and password blank).
You are on your D-Link DI-LB604 Load Balancing Router’s homepage. Clink on WAN from left side Vertical menus now do the following settings.
Interface : WAN 1
Connect Mode : Enable
Connect Type : PPPPoE
User Name : Provided by BSNL (for the line you connected to WAN1)
Password : Provided by BSNL
PPPoE Host Name : Leave Blank
Click on apply the modem will restart.
Go to Status and check if WAN1 is connected and acquired an IP address.

Again go to home and setup
Interface : WAN2
Connect Mode : Enable
Connect Type : PPPPoE
User Name : Provided by BSNL (for the line you connected to WAN2)
Password : Provided by BSNL
PPPoE Host Name : Leave Blank
Click on apply the modem will restart.

Go to Status and check if WAN2 is connected and acquired an IP address.

Again go to home and Click on Load Balance
Enable : CHECKED
Load Balance Base on : Bytes Tx + Rx
Loading Share : WAN 1 50% WAN 2 50%
Click on apply
Now you will get the speed of Connection 1 + Connection2 when using torrents or sharing the connection in LAN.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

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 Click on Create Launcher. In the Type dropdown list, choose Application 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

<username>@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

Troubleshooting Tips For Dataone broadband

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How do i check why i am not able to connect / Browse

  1. Check if any loose connectivity exists between the cables connected to your Modem or PC
  2. Check if all the Indicators on the modem are proper
  3. Check if the ADSL link is steady and glowing if not check if your telephone cable coming from splitter is not loose and your telephone is working.
  4. From your PC try pinging to the gateway (ping -t 192.168.1.1 )
  5. If you get Request timed Out Try pinging to your network card's IP ;If request timed out then you need to check your LAN card.
  6. If you are connected via USB try uninstalling and reinstalling USB driver.

I still cant ping to 192.168.1.1

Try manually resetting your modem.

(Behind the modem there is small reset hole which you can use to reset your modem.Take a ball point pen or any pointed device which you can insert in this reset hole and keet it pressed for about half a minute when modem is powered on when all the other indicators except the Power go off release )

switch off your modem and switch on and try pinging

Open Internet Explorer and in the Address Bar type  http://192.168.1.1 you will be prompted for Username and Password

I am not prompted for username and password

Internet Explorer version should be 5.5 or above

Check if the cookies are enabled.

Open Internet explorer --> Click on Tools --> Click on Internet options --> Click on privacy--> Click on Advanced --> Select Override Automatic Cookie Handling

Click OK

Click on Tools --> Internet Options --> Click on Connections -->

Select Never Dial a connection --> Click on Lan Settings -->

Uncheck Use Automatic configuration Script

Uncheck Use a Proxy server for your LAN

Click OK

If you are able to ping 192.168.1.1 but not able to browse

check if you are connected by pinging the DNS nos.

If not then go to http://192.168.1.1 and check the status of your connection

For Type I Modem - The status of PVC0 should be Green on the summary page

If red re-enter username and password and apply

For Type II Modem - Click on status --> Connection Status -->And check if the status is shown Connected or not Connected

If not connected re-enter your username and Password and apply .

For Type III & Type IV Modem If connected the PPPoE will show green Tick Mark.

If Red Tick Re-enter your Username and password and apply.

I am Connected and also able to ping the DNS nos. But cannot browse.

Check if your have installed firewall or any such program after installation of which you have started facing this problem.

If so disable the Firewall software/ Application that you have installed and try browsing.

Check for any trojan / viruses as these will also result in slow browsing or no browsing.

Note: Switch off your Modem when not in use

If your PC & Modem is kept forever ON there may be programs on your PC which will try to download /Upload some data due to which your download / upload limit might get exhausted.

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