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Need help with gnet bb0060a

Did you buy this new or used?

In Canada or the states?

Did they pre-configure it for you?

If it was new and you bought it at a store that did not pre-configure it for you, you may need to set the VPI/VCI settings 0/35

I know when I bought one of these POS's for my mother-in-law that I had to go through the web interface and set these before it would work...
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reply to gmsron
IF you find out how to keep that junk stable, let me know, my 60a is sitting in the "to toss" bin.

reply to bumbo
I bought this used. I'm in Toronto Ontario. I reset the modem to default settings to see if that would help. So no it's not preconfigured, the vpi/vci settings are 0/35.

reply to gmsron
I just tried by passing the router, I get the same problem. If I use the old router bb0050 then there's no problem. The disconnecting problem is only when I'm playing games online or downloading things with bit torrent. I purchased the modem off a member from redflagdeals.com, so I can't really return it. If I can't fix this, I guess I'm just going to get a speedstream 5360 off ebay.

Hi,

An SS-5360 MoDem would be even less helpful than a
router that fails to report disconnections because
the MoDem's CLI simply isn't accessible unless you
happen to be handy with a soldering iron!!!  There
are many more options available through my BB0060B
Serial-Port/TelNet CLI than the HTTP interface can
provide, i suppose yours is the same;  perhaps the
CLI isn't right for you but 'DMT' (DSL Modem Tool)
version 2.19 might be a good start.  I bet BB0060A
units use the same Viking CLI syntax as my BB0060B
model if DMT works as expected, which in this case
would be an incentive to explore the CLI (but then
restrain your enthousiasm because at least two ISP
representatives explained in our forum that GNet's
BB0060 MoDems aren't suitable for marginal use)...

reply to gmsron
The routers log doesn't show disconnects only when I use the bb0060a, when using bb0050 then it would show disconnects accurately. I don't really need all these fancy settings. I just want one that I can plug in, work with my router and not disconnect.

I googled dmt 2.19 but I couldn't find anything. The closest thing was a dmt that was in German.

The only way I can get to that http interface is if I connect the modem directly to the pc and then change my network lan tcp/ip settings to 192.168.7.2 etc... Is this a problem or normal? I cannot get to the http interface while the modem is connected to the router.

Thanks to all who have tried to help so far.

reply to gmsron

reply to gmsron
Hi,

'DSL Modem Tool v2.19' also works in English and i
gather that you found it but failed to go further:

http://www.2cent.de/dmt/titanium2/dmt.zip

My BB0060B can be configured as a MoDem/Router and
a plain switch is all i need to feed multiple PCs,
simply turn the router into a switch by connecting
the MoDem's LAN connector to your router's 1st LAN
outlet instead of going through the WAN side.  I'm
not certain if you'd need to disable something, or
if it matters since you require P2P too, actually.

Now, about the PC's IP address...  I recall that i
didn't get DHCP support available by default.  Use
an alternate 'commitedcfg.cfg' or 'commitedcfg.sh'
file if you must have it - i published two lately:

2006-Dec-17
2007-Jan-6

Line termination is "LineFeed only" or Unix-style.

reply to gmsron
Lights 2 and 3 from left to right flash... The rest are constant ...except for DSL link which whenever I get disconnected will flash. The DSL link light on the 0050 will stay solid under the same conditions I'm testing it on.

Bicephale, what exactly am I trying to do and what will that do?

I tried downloading the config file but it's password protected.

I want my router to act as a router, I need it's wifi.

reply to gmsron

reply to gmsron
Hi,

Gm> I tried downloading the config file but it's
Gm> password protected.

Really?  Hummm...  I didn't think it would be so
efficient as repelling some kinds of visitors...

I wish you good luck, it seems you'll need some!

reply to gmsron
Hmm, what was the point of even asking for a password then.

So I've got the config file, what will this do? How will it fix the problem.

Hi,

About one and a half year ago i tried to access my
MoDem's management interface via a LinkSys BEFSR41
Router;  in the end, i vaguely recall that i could
access the MoDem/Router, the Router/Switch and the
InterNet.  I may be mistaking but i believe i used
a variation of my previous suggestion for this:  i
tied the router's WAN port to its 1st LAN (UpLink)
port then i connected my MoDem to the router's 2nd
LAN port.  I can't remember what IPs were assigned
exactly but i'd say i had my MoDem at 10.0.0.1 and
the Router at 10.0.0.2 or maybe it was 192.168.7.1
and 192.168.7.2 respectively.  At that point, it's
the MoDem which must handle the PPP session(s) and
that's where the 'commitedcfg.cfg' samples come to
play:  they make my GNet BB0060B MoDem autonomous.

You would need to get the MoDem set as stand-alone
too in order to experiment with the later setup...

While searching for a solution... I saw your previous posts which talked about how the lines were marginal and that by lowering some values you were able to get a stable connection. How can I do that? Something about hidden settings...Is that why I need to set it up so that I can access the modem while connected to the net and router?

I tried uploading your config file to my modem....didn't seem to work. After uploading it wouldn't go to a new screen or anything and I don't think it changed any noticable settings.

The DMT is working....anything I can try with that?

This is a lot more work than I would've wanted :\.

Hi,

The disconnections seemed to become worrysome as a
consequence of a 3008 Kbps to 5056 Kbps upgrade so
i simply attempted to evaluate my error rate, then
checked what cps rates i could reach using the DSL
Reports test tools.  My intermittent situation was
probably resulting from a compound of factors that
included work/maintenance, and maybe even attacks,
but this is about all the clues i had so i made an
educated guess and just chose between the 5056/800
Kbps Interleave & 4032/800 Kbps FastPath profiles,
actually.  I must confess i also used a second PPP
account in the end, in order to comfort my opinion
that it wasn't the signature of domestic line and/
or MoDem failures alone.  Yet, this is nothing you
can't do yourself ("test@test" as DSL UserName and
"test" as DSL PassWord worked great when i tried)!

Once your MoDem can be managed like it should, the
door is opened to tweaking.  For example, TekSavvy
has recommended an MTU of 1452 if my recollections
are reliable and i gathered that DMT might even be
able to adjust the local Signal-to-Noise margin...



My 'commitedcfg.cfg' templates will disable remote
management and enable features as DHCP support and
the FireWall.  The router's WiFi service should be
available but that's only a start and there's some
good reading involved here, i suppose.  The edited
'commitedcfg.cfg' versions may be rejected because
you don't save them in "Unix-style" (LF) format or
maybe it's having an issue with options which were
allowed with the BB0060B model only.  In the later
case, you may need to verify the compatibility via
TelNet, taking the syntax variations into account.

Right now, taking a screen shot using DMT can't be
easier and it got a wealth of information already.



I understand your frustration quite well, Vif made
me buy my GNet BB0060B MoDem when i called them to
subscribe and no one helped me to configure it for
stand-alone mode once it stood on my desk - but it
could have been much worst should it have been the
SpeedStream 5360 model since there's no management
interface at all!...  The BB0060 series happens to
be abundantly documented on corzoogle.com where it
is best known as a 'TurboCom EA130' clone, SolWise
had the SAR110 (one more clone), etc., the ChipSet
was even more popular in affordable DSL MoDems (on
portforward.com it's well known as a 'Viking II').



Oh...  One word of caution:  DON'T TRY TO FLASH IT
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES UNLESS YOU'D BE WILLING TO
RISK EXTENSIVE/IRREMEDIABLE DAMMAGE!  That's quite
true of the BB0060B when attempting a DownGrade...

reply to EUS
Hi,

Have you tried a tweak like this:

modify dsl config multi txatten 1 gain 7 txstart 1 txend 32 rxstart 40 rxbinadj enable bitswap enable maxdnrate 0x1ff

(this is a single-line entry from my 'commitedcfg.cfg' test file)

That's line-specific, euh... and 'DMT' is a lot easier to use!...

Hmm... I tried to interpret that line and put it in dmt. It made it a bit more stable, but I still disconnect. Not as frequently though.

Here's a screenshot
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