[NCLUG] Qwest DSL w/ PPPoE(oA)

[F.L. Whiteley]

I worked with a new GT701R today and it certainly appears to have a
bridge mode.  I think the report I got earlier was confused.

Frank Whiteley

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nclug-bounces at nclug.org 
> [mailto:nclug-bounces at nclug.org] On Behalf Of F.L. Whiteley
> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 6:55 PM
> To: 'Northern Colorado Linux Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [NCLUG] Qwest DSL w/ PPPoE(oA)
> 
> 
> Very recently (mid March) Qwest started supplying a new 
> variant of the Actiontec GT701, the GT701R (for residential 
> presumably).  This variant differs from the GT-701WG in that 
> it has no wireless and a power switch on the back.  I've 
> heard from at least one FRII tech that there have been 
> problems getting this model to bridge.  They are barely up to 
> speed on these recent changes.  
> http://actiontecstore.com/qwest shows the R model, but no 
> tech specs.  Nothing in the user manual about supporting 
> bridged mode, so I'd say no.  Don't know if the other Qwest 
> models remain available from Actiontec.
> 
> I installed the latest firmware Friday in an older GT701WG 
> and it completely changed the web based interface.  The basic 
> firmware upgrade on the Qwest site is for the 701R, users 
> need to follow the OTHER MODEMS link to upgrade the GT701WG.  
> Given the large customer base of GT701WG's out there, the 
> potential for using the wrong firmware upgrade file is very 
> real among the user base.  I do have clients running the 
> GT701WG in bridged mode.
> 
> We tried to get a GT701WG from Qwest and they are no longer 
> supplying this model.  For $10 additional ($70+shipping), 
> they apparently can supply something called the 2Wire 2700 
> with Wireless, called the Qwest Advanced Networking Modem.  
> No word on whether it supports bridging mode and it's not 
> clear from the Qwest web site 
> http://www.qwest.com/internethelp/modems/index.html
> 
> Frank Whiteley
> Greeley
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nclug-bounces at nclug.org
> > [mailto:nclug-bounces at nclug.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Means
> > Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 5:21 PM
> > To: Northern Colorado Linux Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [NCLUG] Qwest DSL w/ PPPoE(oA)
> > 
> > 
> > Talk to FRII...
> > 
> > On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 14:15 -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
> > 
> > > Is anyone out there running Qwest DSL (or Qwest wiring with a
> > > different stable ISP) with their DSL modem configured in bridging 
> > > mode, and a PPPoE client running on a Linux box (or 
> indeed, even on 
> > > anything other than the DSL modem)
> > > 
> > > I'm curious if
> > > 
> > > a) This works
> > > b) Qwest (or the ISP) supports it
> > > c) (b) will be acknowledged by Qwest (or the ISP)
> > > 
> > > Any pointers greatly appreciated.
> > > 
> > > Note: I've read all about rp-pppoe, so I'm not necessarily
> > looking for
> > > information about how to set this up. I'm just trying to
> > find out if
> > > the ISPs support it in the first place.
> > > 
> > > The end idea is that I'll get a set of DSL lines, run a separate
> > > OpenVPN connection across each DSL line to a server out 
> on the net, 
> > > and have both ends of the VPN dump into TAP interfaces each 
> > enslaved
> > > into a bonding adapter, to aggregate all the cheap
> > bandwidth into one
> > > simple-to-use large line. In that setup, It seems easier 
> not to use
> > > NAT etc on the DSL modems, but have them be dumb and just do the 
> > > ATM<->Ethernet (en/de)-capsulation.
> > > 
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