ADSL TIMEOUT errors? this might help

[Michael]

Hi I've been trying to connect to bigpond adsl using the roaring
penguin client, and I always got 'Time out' errors. I also got kernel
error messages regarding 'PADO packets'. Anyway, I stumbled on this
guys post, and I'll post it at the bottom of this post :) But first I
need to explain my *new* problem; when I do what the guy says, it
makes linux internet work, but stops my Telstra ADSL Windows client
from working. I have a four-port alcatel speedtouch pro, and was
wondering if there were any other Windows clients I could try that
would allow me to keep the modem settings for linux. I have heard of
Raspppoe, but I do not know if it supports 4port modems. Anyway, any
help would be greatly appreciated!!! Here is the info I found for
stopping TIMEOUT errors:

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Hello all you PPPoE DSL hungry people!

I'm so happy i could do the highland fling! I just made a major
breakthrough that perhaps some of you may be suffering from when you
say you Can't Connect. Do you receive a message like this in your
syslog file (do a tail -f /var/log/messages):

pppd[983]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
pppd[983]: Connection terminated.
pppoe[984]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
pppd[983]: Exit.

Okay, my problem was that my modem wasn't configured properly. Now
that it's working i feel so dumb because its really very simple to
setup PPPoE.

First of all, you need to set up your Modem so that it is Bridging
your ADSL connection, not PPTP! I'm using an Alcatel SpeedTouch Pro,
but this can be used on the Home version too, just note that there is
no PPP support on the Home version.

I copied the information that was in the phonebook (pre-configured by
my Service Provider for PPP) to a bit of paper (VERY IMPORTANT :o) ),
just make sure you get the VCI and VPI numbers. I then deleted there
entry for PPP and added a new one to specify 'Bridge' in the type
field. Then i clicked on the Bridge button and added my new bridge
configuration with the ENC field set for LLC/SNAP; then i selected
'forwarding' inside 'State'. Then clicked Apply, then Save All.

Now, here's the hard part. Go to your linux box and type adsl-config,
set up your adsl connection, then type adsl-start. All going well, you
should see a much anticipated message that says: "Connected!"

I hope this helps you all!

Kind Regards,
Adam.

[Neil Kelly]

Michael wrote:

hello Adam,
i'm trying to get a speedtouch USB modem to connect to BTopenworld (I'm
in London, ex-Bris), all sorts of fun and games.
you note that "there is no ppp support on the home version"
I suspect I've got a home version, what do you mean by this statement?
cheers, Neil