> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete [mailto:speed@advcomm.co.nz]
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 8:30 AM
> To: adsl@unixathome.org
> Subject: Ni500 - ITS A ROUTER!!
>
>
> Hi all
>
> Theres been a heck of a lot of messages on-list overnight to
> do with the Ni500.
>
> I have set one of these up and have it running on a JetStart
> line 24/7 ATM.
>
> First up, the Ni500 is a ROUTER. It does not support
> Pin-Holes, but it does
> never-the-less support more than 1 client on the LAN.
>

You'll need a repeater(hub) or switch as it has only one ethernet port...
It doesn't have a DHCP server, so manual configuration of ip addresses is
needed unless you have one internally. Note that it can't be a dhcp client
either...

> Second, it is a "modem" technically as it "modulates" and
> "demodulates" analog
> signals (albeit much higher in the frequency range than its
> cousin the 56k
> modem). It may be called "DSL" but its still done using
> Analog technologies -
> this has been discussed in the list and is in the archives somewhere.
>
True...

> Third - as it is a ROUTER, it will support MacOS, Windoze,
> Linux, and pretty
> much any modern OS that has a working TCP/IP stack.
>
> Finally - to set it up without a Windoze box you'll need to
> RTFM, and you'll

Which is pretty crappy - doesn't have a full CLI reference manual...

> need some sort of Terminal Emulation software (it comes with
> a Null-Modem
> cable). The modem does support TELNET, but I found it to be a
> pain, as each time
> you switched off a certian PPP protocol (I forget which) the
> ethernet port would
> stop responding. Hence the need for a serial-cable config to
> save the changes.
>
> Hope that clears up the confusion over the Ni500.
>
> Rgds,
> Pete
>
> Pete Mundy - Technician
> Advanced Communications
> +64-3-546-9169 / +64-25-480-840
> E-Mail: Pete@AdvComm.Co.NZ

Pete - did you have any problems initially? I noticed that the dsl-on
software that came with it had templates for most isps, but not all. Also,
it seems to setup ppp chap authentication by default with the templates.
Jetstream and Jetstart use PAP - did it work, or did you need to change to
PAP?

For beginners, note that the dsl-on software is a bit quick'n'dirty - when
you first configure the router, it doesn't tell you that it is going to set
the IP address of the router to 192.168.7.1 (why 7??? maybe 7 was the
developers favourite number???), and worse still, automatically change your
PC networking to 192.168.7.2/24 DG/Way =.1

Notice that the configs with dsl-on has hard coded DNS servers?

Cheers,
 - Derek.

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Received on Fri May 4 09:35:43 2001