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[Solved] Can't connect Vigor 120 to Be Unlimited

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23 Sep 2009 21:38 #57876 by bram2000
Hi all,

I've been trying to connect my new DrayTek Vigor 120 to Be Unlimited for a couple of days now with little success. I have it plugged directly into my laptop, I've followed the directions about using the Vigor 120 with BE* here: http://www.draytek.co.uk/support/kb_vigor100_setup.html, and I have a solid 'DSL' light. I have telnet'd onto the modem and used 'adsl status', it all looks pretty good:

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> adsl status --------------------------- ATU-R Info (hw: annex A, f/w: annex A) ----------- Running Mode : ADSL2+(G.992.5) State : SHOWTIME DS Actual Rate : 4249000 bps US Actual Rate : 1153000 bps DS Attainable Rate : 7308000 bps US Attainable Rate : 1153000 bps DS Path Mode : Fast US Path Mode : Fast DS Interleave Depth : 64 US Interleave Depth : 1 NE Current Attenuation : 43 dB Cur SNR Margin : 14 dB DS actual PSD : 19. 0 dB US actual PSD : 12. 2 dB ADSL Firmware Version : 321311_A -------------------------------- ATU-C Info --------------------------------- Far Current Attenuation : 22 dB Far SNR Margin : 6 dB CO ITU Version[0] : 00004244 CO ITU Version[1] : 0000434d DSLAM CHIPSET VENDOR : < BDCM >


Trouble comes when I try to create a new PPPoE connection in Leopard. I leave the three fields (Service Name, Account Name, Password) blank as I understand I have to for BE*, hit connect and it just spins. Eventually it times out with the message "Failed to locate PPPoE host".

Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be, or steps I can take to further troubleshoot?

Thanks,

Jon

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25 Sep 2009 10:24 #57896 by bram2000
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Problem solved. I kept setting the IP address of my laptop manually, to the same subnet as the DrayTek, in order to access it's web interface. If I simply leave the ethernet connection on DHCP, it aquires an external IP address and works perfectly!

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03 Oct 2009 23:20 #58090 by jchamier
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bram2000 wrote: Problem solved. I kept setting the IP address of my laptop manually, to the same subnet as the DrayTek, in order to access it's web interface. If I simply leave the ethernet connection on DHCP, it aquires an external IP address and works perfectly!



This is because BE (and O2) don't use any PPP authentication, unlike every other UK ISP !

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