>Slightly tricky - considering I only had a Winblows 2000 box and a linux
>box to work with (the drivers for the 3com *don't* like win2k) but managed
>to do it. You can crash enough through the setup under winblows to get the
>modem configured to work under linux :)

Theoretically you do not need to run the Windows configurator.
If you configure the NIC connected to the 3com with IP 192.168.157.1/24,
then browse from the Linux box to 192.168.157.100. You should get the page
shown here

http://consumer.3com.com/dsl/duallink/manual/dl_ppp/use.cfm

Which allows you to configure a PPP ISP and monitor the DSL stats.

If you browse "through" the Linux box, then turn on NAT on the 192.168.157.1
address.

>Definitely hitting the micro-outage issue, using an lcp echo to get around
>it - the link hasn't dropped in over 2 hours since changing it. Probably
>not good for traffic thou (comments?)

This issue is currently unique to the 3com duallink, it is not the micro
outage issue that is being complained about by many users.
The 3com (sometimes) needs a keep alive every 14seconds. I doubt LCP Echo
packets make it as far as Telecom's u$age meter.

>Also - would anyone be interested if I put together a 3COM-Linux-HOWTO to
>possibly be hosted on the Doco site? - if interest is great enough - I'll
>get something together.

To answer your question.
Would that document have been beneficial to you for the process you have
just been through?

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Received on Thu Mar 1 05:18:09 2001