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An [ISP] owned by [TelecomNZ]. The largest ISP in NewZealand. |
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!! Problems with Routers |
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Xtra now gives out routers to new customers. These are D-Link models (502, 504T), which can lead to connection problems. (This is a D-Link issue). The DNS will intermittently not work correctly, and IP addresses will resolve to a different website. These models use an old version of [Linux] with a prehistoric DNS proxy server which is known to be faulty and abandoned upstream. IanMcDonald managed to get D-Link to release latest version of firmware as they were violating [GPL]. In theory you could fix this problem as the DNS proxy is only a very small package but the solution below is easier. |
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My solution was to edit resolv.conf, and then lock the file. This will cause problems if you want to switch networks, but the file can always be unlocked and changed. I was also suggested an alternative method which I have not tried. |
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Open your /etc/resolv.conf and set valid DNS-servers |
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<code>sudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf</code> |
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For Xtra they are (at 19/04/07) |
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202.27.158.40 |
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Now save the file. |
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Lock it with <code>sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf</code> |
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This will permanently lock your DNS-values. (to unlock, use chattr -i) |
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!! Connecting to Xtra with an external modem |
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When testing a 733MHz Compaq with 384MB RAM, running Ubuntu 8.10 (reasonably acceptable performance!), I ran into problems trying to get it to connect to Xtra via an external modem. For some reason, which I haven't worked out yet, both gnome-ppp and kppp refused to talk to the modem. wvdial worked fine, except the login always failed - wvdial responded to Xtra's 3rd prompt "Login/Network User:" by replying with the username instead of "PPP". |
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I succeeded by running pppconfig, and then changing the last few lines of the chat script in /etc/chatscripts as follows:- |
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<pre> |
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# ispname |
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ogin: your_username |
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# isppassword |
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ssword: your_password |
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# postlogin |
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User: PPP |
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</pre> |
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Commands pon and poff then connected/disconnected as required. |
