ADSL Routing

[SnowRider]

Does any one know how to configure an adsl routers, routing tables?

I can connect to my provider but cannont ping or view webpages. They think it's my routing tables....

Destination | Netmask | Gateway | Interface
0.0.0.0 | 0.0.0.0 | 195.149.20.12 | ppp1
192.168.69.0 | 255.255.255.0 | 192.168.69.111 | br0
127.0.0.1 | 255.0.0.0 | 127.0.0.1 | lo0
195.149.20.12 | 255.255.255.255 | 213.208.112.213 | ppp1

Can any one spot any obvious mistakes that could prevent me from using the internet? ---^

br0 = usb interface (Using Lan card not USB)
213.208.112.213 = Static IP
192.168.69.111 = Routers IP (Local one I use to connect to the web interface)
195.149.20.12 = I think it's the router at the local exchange or sumthn?

Thanks,

SnowRider~

[Magueta]

Can you give us more information on what sort of investigating you've done so far and what the specific problem that you're having is? We can more easily help you find your problem if we have some clues as to what the problem is and we know what sort of troubleshooting you've tried already. If you can also let us know what your physical setup is and what network software you have running to get you on the network.

Joe

[SnowRider]

Erm...Well it's a "Speedcom+ ADSL Router" (Cheap brand, no website).

Atm I'm trying to get it to work with Win2k Pro. It's connected to my win2k pro box via a NIC using a straight thru cable which does work as I am able to connect to the built in web interface in the modem and configure it. The tech support from my ISP said all the settings are ok apart from the routing table which they can't help me with because they didn't like me buying my router else where. Login details are correct and the router can establish a connection with my ISP because they can see me connected on their side (and the LNK light on my router lights up too)

The address range for my LAN is: 192.168.69.0

The specific problem I'm having is I cannot use the internet, websites, email, ping etc. they all time out or unreachable or sumthn like that.

The only network software I have running is Windows LAN for the NIC.

Any clearer? :)

[Magueta]

Yes, that's a good enough description. I'm still a little confused because I can't see the problem. The fact that you can't ping past your gateway could be for a bunch of reasons but perhaps we can take your DSL provider's support at par. If it's your routing table then it seems to me that the thing to do is to flush your routing table and see if your new one is any better. I'm not an expert but a routing table seems unlikely to me because of the structure of the internet, if one path takes too long your router should just find a new path to get to the same place.
I guess we'll just have to wait until someone who knows more about routing takes a look at your post.

Joe

[SnowRider]

Yup....Any routing people know if it's set up correctly? :)

[Legolas45]

A couple of questions...

Are you using IP Masquerading?

When you ping, are you using a domain name or an IP address?

Is one of your routes marked as the gateway route?

Your routing table looks a little suspicious, but it could work ok for communicating with the internet. Typically the default route (the one that starts with 0.0.0.0) is the last in the table. However, it looks like that route heads to your ISP through the ppp0 interface...

[SnowRider]

Well, I decided it was broked in the end so I sent off for a new modem....I decided to try it one more time before I send the router back and typically it worked....so I figured it was that kind of hardware that only works at the most inappropriate times having a mind of it's own.....and since I sent off for a different modem already, I decided to just send it back because it will only cause me grief and most likely **** up when I have assignments to hand in. I've had hardware like this before and it's a nightmare....It's also more difficult to prove that these kinds of evil hardware are actually broken when you send it back to the manufacturer because strangely enough....when they test it...."it works fine" and you end up paying delivery charges for a faulty item to be returned to you. :/

A bit of advice to every one: if you come across some hardware and find it's broken some or all of the time in the first week of receiving it, send it back straight away because if your dissatisfied with any product bought from the web, you have consumer rights to protect you so that you can send it back within 7 days of receiving it, if your not satisfied with it for what ever reason (broken or not). It's a kind of trial process so that you can view it up close out of the box because in normal shops you get to see the thing your deciding to buy for real and open it before you buy it. That's a definite for the UK but not sure for other country's. Search Google for consumer rights (internet/web rights) in your country for more info. Of course if your product brakes after the first 7 days you can still send it back for replacement, it's just easier to do it within the first 7 days because there's less hassle. :)

SnowRider~

[Magueta]

Sounds like good advice SnowRider, thanks.

Joe