[clug] ADSL modem woes

[Pilcher, Fred]

More excellent advice! :-)

Thanks Paul!

It'll be a couple of weeks before I can visit and try out your
suggestions, but I'm most grateful for everyone's help.

Cheers,

Fred 

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> From: linux-bounces+fred.pilcher=act.gov.au at lists.samba.org 
> [mailto:linux-bounces+fred.pilcher=act.gov.au at lists.samba.org]
>  On Behalf Of Paul Wayper
> Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2008 11:08 PM
> To: CLUG List
> Subject: Re: [clug] ADSL modem woes
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> Pilcher, Fred wrote:
> | I've been helping a friend move into the light, and I want 
> to set up 
> | remote access via krfb.
> |
> | Problem is that I can't connect to her Telstra ADSL modem, 
> nor can I 
> | even ping it, though she can ping me. I can't see anyhing 
> in the modem 
> | settings that would be blocking ping responses or remote 
> connections.
> |
> | Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> BTW, have a look into using dyndns.org.  She can run a small 
> program on her computer to keep her-machine.dyndns.org (or a 
> variety of other domains) pointing to her internet-facing IP 
> address.  It makes it much easier for you to connect to her computer.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Paul
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