On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 11:22 -0400, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Timothy Murphy wrote:
m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
<snip> >>> Now I have to work out how to install Windows on the machine, >>> but I daren't ask about that here ... >>> I need it because my ISP claims to have tripled the speed >>> of my supply, but says I have to run a Windows CD >>> to setup the modem he has given me. >> >> ?? What kind of modem? Linux handles almost everything. Certainly, I >> didn't need to install WinDoze to work with the DSL modem I got from >> Verizon. > > The modem is a ZyXEL P-660HW-T1 WiFi modem/router (made in China). > It works fine, but my speed is not 3 times what it was before! > My ISP (Eircom) claims I have to run the configuration utility > on the Windows CD to get "up to speed". > I doubt if this is true, but I guess I ought to try it.
It is *not* true. The only thing that I can imagine that software doing is setting it up for Windows, and Windows only.
Right, I just looked it up, and I see it's an ADSL modem. Look at your IP address, and I'll bet you're 192.168.0.x, or 192.168.1.x. Whatever it is, try pinging 192.168.[0 or 1].1. Whichever it is, pull up your browser, and point it to that IP, and you should be at the modem's web interface, and you can go from there.
mark
Or 192.168.1.254 B.J.
CentOS 5.6, Linux 2.6.18-238.12.1.el5