Guspaz
Guspaz
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join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
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4 edits | Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions)What this post contains: Instructions on installing ZeroShell and VirtualBox on Windows.
Why you might do this: If you're a TekSavvy customer who uses Single-Link MLPPP on Windows to evade Bell's throttling, that's broken right now. Using this guide, you can set up a "virtual machine" inside your Windows computer that will do all your MLPPP routing. You DO NOT need any extra hardware, just a Windows computer.
EDIT: This instructions also more or less work on (intel) Mac OS X too, which never had working MLPPP. You can even do 2+ lines (multi-link). The instructions are the same, just go to the VirtualBox website and download the MacOS X version of VirtualBox instead.
Instructions:
1 - Download VirtualBox: »download.virtualbox.org/virtualb···_x86.msi
2 - Download ZeroShell's VMWare package: »na.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/zerosh···WARE.zip
3 - Install VirtualBox (hit next a lot, allow all drivers to install, skip registration, etc.)
4 - If ZeroShell is still downloading, we'll create a new VirtualBox VM. Launch VirtualBox.
5 - Name it whatever you want (I called mine "ZeroShell/MLPPP"). Set the OS to "Linux" and the version to "Linux 2.6"
6 - If you can afford it, leave RAM at 128MB. You can get away with 64MB if you're tight on RAM, but you might be hitting swap a bit until it gets the stuff it doesn't need out of RAM.
7 - The next screen asks you about the hard disk. For this, you'll need to have finished downloading ZeroShell (and have it extracted somewhere permanent). Click "Existing", and then "Add", then select "Zeroshell.vmdk". Click the "Select" button to close that window, and then click "Next" and then "Finish".
8 - Go to the settings dialog for your new virtualmachine.
9 - Go to the CD/DVD-ROM page, enable and click "ISO Image File. Click the little folder next to it, similar to when you selected the zeroshell hard disk, select "ZeroShell-1.0.betea11.iso".
10 - Go to the "Network" tab.
11 - In the "Attached to:" dropdown, select "Host Interface"
12 - MAKE SURE that the device selected at the bottom of the screen is the one that your modem or switch is plugged into. ZeroShell must be able to see the modem through this device!
13 - Click OK and start the virtual machine. Note the instructions on the auto capture keyboard thing (it will capture your keyboard/mouse, the right control button is to get out.
14 - Ignore reg requests, allow it through all firewalls, etc. ZeroShell will boot.
15 - Your windows machine must be on the 192.168.0.x subnet. So perhaps you should set your windows machine's IP to 192.168.0.42 or something.
16 - You should now be able to access ZeroShell at "https://192.168.0.75/", check this works first. If this doesn't work, you won't get anywhere continuing from here. You'll probably have to add a certificate exception. YOU MUST USE FIREFOX OR SEAMONKEY BECAUSE ZEROSHELL/MLPPP DOES NOT CURRENTLY WORK WITH INTERNET EXPLORER. Other browsers might work.
17 - We're going to now set up regular PPP first, so that ZeroShell can access the internet. Log in (username/password is admin/zeroshell).
18 - In the left-hand menu, click "Setup" (first item), then in the top-of-screen menu click "Network" (third item)
19 - Click the "New PPPoE" button at the top of the screen. A dialog box will appear.
20 - Enter your TekSavvy username and password. Select "Yes" in the "Autostart [...]" dropdown. Give it a name ("TekSavvy", for example). Give it a description ("TekSavvy Single-Link MLPPP" for example). Save. PLEASE NOTE THAT ZEROSHELL DOES NOT AUTO-REFRESH PAGES, AND STATUS WILL NOT UPDATE ITSELF UNLESS YOU CLICK "NETWORK" AGAIN.
21 - Switch back to VirtualBox. Your virtual machine will now show the default ZeroShell screen. From here we're going to follow the ZeroShell/MLPPP installation instructions. Press "s" to open a shell.
22 - Type this (case sensitive!):
NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE PUBLICLY RELEASED ZEROSHELL/MLPPP, THIS IS A NEWER VERSION, DO NOT GET IT FROM FIXPPP.ORG THROUGH THE SITE. This newer version has some important bug fixes, it'll be posted on the site when we have a chance.
23 - Type this:
The tab key will autocomplete the rest of the filename.
24 - Type this:
25 - Type this:
ZeroShell/MLPPP is now installed! Type "exit" to get out of that screen.
26 - Go back to the network config web page, and click "configure" next to PPP0.
27 - First, select "On" in the "Multi-link mode" dropdown. Don't worry about the ethernet devices, you only have one.
28 - Click the "+Advanced" link to expand the advanced options. Check the "Reject non-MLPPP connections" option, just to be safe. Since we don't really have status reporting working yet, this will ensure you're really doing MLPPP.
29 - Override the MTU and MRRU settings by selecting "Manual" in their dropdown boxes and putting in "1487" for the MTU and "1486" for the MRRU.
30 - Scroll up and hit "Save". You're done, your ZeroShell "box" will now be connected via MLPPP.
31 - You have two options now. Either you manually type in the gateway and DNS servers (you can put 192.168.0.75 for both) on your windows and other computers, or you can set up DHCP on ZeroShell to automate this. If you don't mind manually typing in the gateway and DNS, stop here. If you want DHCP, continue.
32 - Click on "DHCP" in the left-hand menu. In the first row, that starts with "Active on:", click the "New" button. In the "Available" dropdown, select the first one, that ends in (ETH00). Click OK.
33 - In the Dynamic IP Configuration setting, we need to make a range. Next to "Range 1", enter "192.168.0.100" in the first box, and "192.168.0.150" in the second box. Click "Save" at the top of the page.
34 - Set your computers up to automatically obtain everything (auto get IP).
That's it, you're done! Enjoy!
EDIT: I should note, I made this post through the ZeroShell/MLPPP VirtualBox :) | |
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 Helochut
join:2007-10-14
Mississauga, ON | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) I will never trade Guspaz for an army of Juniper tech's  | |
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Helochut
join:2007-10-14
Mississauga, ON | It works great! Thanks Guspaz | |
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Grounded
join:2007-12-13
canada
1 edit | Thank you, this is excellent!
"hit next a lot" is the most straightforward line of instruction I've ever had! 
I've run into one problem - changing my subnet mask. I know how to do this on Vista, but I'm not sure what to enter for IP address & default gateway if I'm entering 192.168.0.42 for subnet mask. Please advise on those (and if I should also enter DNS servers.)
EDIT: Probably everyone in this forum (other than me) knows the too-obvious answer. | |
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Trisomy21
join:2006-04-27
Kingston, ON | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) Awesome guide. Bye again throttle! | |
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Trisomy21
join:2006-04-27
Kingston, ON | You only need to change your IP address to 192.168.0.x
in TCP/IP properties. I left DNS blank IF you're automating it the DHCP stuff through ZeroShell. | |
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| | Grounded
join:2007-12-13
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| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) Thanks Trisomy,
Maybe I'm confusing this a bit more than I thought. I'm changing this in TCP/IPv4 > Properties. When I have set IP in the past I've always had to set IP, Subnet mask, and Default Gateway. Of course I've never set them for VirtualBox. I'll try just setting the IP & see what happens... | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
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join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
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| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) If you did the DHCP setup part of the instructions, then you can just set everything to be obtained automatically. If you want to do the setup yourself, leave the subnet mask at the default (should be 255.255.255.0, I believe), set the IP to something in the 192.168.0.x range (that doesn't conflict with anything else), and set your DNS server to 192.168.0.75.
ZeroShell will act as its' own DNS server. It doesn't use TekSavvy's, it does the same thing as TekSavvy's. | |
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Grounded
join:2007-12-13
canada
3 edits | Okay, incredibly stupid question #2 - hopefully my last. How do I enter the symbol » in the line: wget »fixppp.org/downloads/ZeroShell-M···.tar.bz2
OxBB just won't cut it.
Okay, the board is adding the accented A to this, it's just the double forward arrow proceeding fixppp.org that I can't figure out. | |
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| DSL_Ricer
Premium
join:2007-07-22
1 edit | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) that should be (with no space)
http: //fixppp.org/downloads/ZeroShell-MLPPP-1.0beta11-mp1alpha3.tar.bz2
It's the message board software screwing the url. | |
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| | Grounded
join:2007-12-13
canada
| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) Thank you DSL_Ricer. I feel a little less stupid after all.
Aside from my moments of extreme haziness, everything ran smoothly & it seems to be happily set up.
My final foolish question is what now? I'm still connected through Windows which never dropped the connection through the set-up. Is this working in tandem with the Windows log-in now? Shouldn't I be logging in now (and from now on,) with a ZeroShell/MLPPP login of some sort? I'm guessing that when I reboot the computer I don't need to restart VirtualBox - but my guessing isn't worth a whole lot.
Thank you both for the terrific work on this & Tomato, and the tireless & gracious support throughout. It's that total TekSavvy vibe! | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
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| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) You'll need to start up VirtualBox every time you reboot, although there may be some way to make a startup item to start it, I've no idea. You'll also have to keep it running and minimized, although there are various tools that can minimize it to your system tray.
You'll want to delete your Windows PPPoE connection entirely; having one that isn't in use causes really annoying things, whenever a connection fails it tries to open the PPPoE connection.
If your ethernet card is set up to connect to the net through ZeroShell (by setting the gateway and DNS to 192.168.0.75), then everything should work. | |
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join:2007-12-13
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| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) And of course my guess was wrong. 
I logged out of everything & re-logged into VB/ZS & it all seems good!
I'm not connectible anymore. I found port forwarding but oddly, don't see where to specify the ports.
This is up & running - that's the major hurdle. Thank you again & please get some sleep! | |
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LucasMoon
join:2003-01-11
canada | Having issue with wget http: //fixppp.org/downloads/ZeroShell-MLPPP-1.0beta11-mp1alpha3.tar.bz2
Still getting that host not found.
I wrote exactly what i paste on top and still nothing. | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
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join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
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| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) said by LucasMoon  :Having issue with wget http: //fixppp.org/downloads/ZeroShell-MLPPP-1.0beta11-mp1alpha3.tar.bz2 Still getting that host not found. I wrote exactly what i paste on top and still nothing. So your PPP device didn't connect to the net? Did you complete steps 10-12 properly, and select the right network device? | |
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LucasMoon
join:2003-01-11
canada | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) yes it is connected....has I see in the box in the bottom
Jan 12 21:18,31 SUCCESS: Session opened from host 192.168.0.121 (Admin)
Jan 12 21:30,45 SUCCESS: ppp0 (PPPoE) successfully created. | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
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join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) Can you ping google? | |
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eots
join:2003-02-04 | Is there a way to make this work using VMWare Server instead of VirtualBox? | |
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| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) said by eots :Is there a way to make this work using VMWare Server instead of VirtualBox? It should work just fine. | |
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eots
join:2003-02-04
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| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) I tried each of the virtual NIC settings (Bridged, HostOnly and NAT), but can't access the ZeroShell web page at 192.168.0.75 or ping the address. It works if I use VirtualBox, but I prefer to have all my virtual servers running in the same environment when they're all on the same computer.
What am I missing in the VMware setup? | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) You definitely need to use Bridged networking with VMWare. I don't have a copy, so I can't really help debug that, but make sure your PC is on the right subnet. You may also want to try an alternate simulated NIC type if it gives you options. | |
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eots
join:2003-02-04
2 edits | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) Never mind I got it working in VMware. Your ZeroShell instructions are excellent.  | |
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Grounded
join:2007-12-13
canada
| Looks like I may have a slight problem: I'm replicating an issue I had when I tried upping my (Vista) MTU to 1500 from 1480 - I lost access to certain specific websites. I'm getting that again & the exact same sites. I can't reach the »www.washingtonpost.com or www.weather.ca . Those are two of about a dozen sites I could not reach with the 1500 MTU/Windows login. The pages never timed out or gave up, Firefox just spun it's little wheel for days at a time. Same with IE. (It's not a "W" thing - there other sites, I just don't recall which to try at the moment.) In the end I dropped my MTU to 1854 and everything was smooth. Until the Internet blew up this weekend, that is.
Strange that this happening again with the Linux virtual box. I wonder, would it be the same using Linksys/Tomato? I do believe that my line is uniquely screwy. | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
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join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
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2 edits | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) Did you follow step 29?
As for port forwarding, it actually took me a while to figure that out too (I didn't clue in to the "Virtual Server" wording):
1 - Log into the ZeroShell webconfig
2 - Click on "Router" on the left-hand menu
3 - Click on "Virtual Server" on the top menu
4 - Select "ppp0" for the interface
5 - Leave "IP Address" as "ANY"
6 - Select the protocol (TCP/UDP) you want forwarded
7 - Enter the port to be forwarded in the "Local Port" field. This is the port it will listen on.
8 - Enter your computer's (or the computer to forward to) LAN IP in the "Remote IP" field
9 - If you want the external port forwarded to a different port, specify the internal port in the "Remote Port" field. Normally this will be auto-populated with what you entered in "Local Port".
10 - Press the "+" button to add the rule, close the window. You're done.
To delete a rule, select the radio button next to it and click the "-" button.
UPnP does not work with ZeroShell. | |
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| | Grounded
join:2007-12-13
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2 edits | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) said by Guspaz :Did you follow step 29? As for port forwarding, it actually took me a while to figure that out too (I didn't clue in to the "Virtual Server" wording): Thanks yet again! Forwarding was instantaneous. The moment I clicked + I went back to green! It felt good to know I didn't miss somethign obvious for a change.
More good: This has been running full-bore since around 3:30 AM and has been rock-solid - absolutely perfect. It also solves a weird problem I had with Windows log-in where I was still suffering from the Bell throttle on my upstream: at 6:00 PM every day I would be cut to 23 max - and I had to reduce that to about 10 in able to bring my downloads back to decent speeds. No longer the case here - a real bonus!
MTU: Yes, I did follow every line in your excellent directions. I double checked & ZeroShell reports back properly: ppp0: mtu 1487 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 3
BUT... There's also this: ETH00: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
I guess this is the problem. If so, can I safely change it? And if so, what would be safe? (I was fully functioning as high as 1480 and as low as 1454, havent' tried anything beyond that range.)
I can't thank you enough for all this help.
Btw, if you're keeping track of such things, this is running on a very weak little notebook. The CPU is an Intel T5200 which isn't even acknowledged by Intel, but at least I have 3 GB Ram (though Intel shared chipset.) And it's Vista.
EDIT/UPDATE: After a(n unintentional) reboot, I'm able to read the WaPo and I see it's going be pretty damn cold. No idea why this righted itself but it did. I'll pipe up again if the same problem re-occurs. | |
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| | joshmxpx
join:2009-01-10
| said by Guspaz :Did you follow step 29? As for port forwarding, it actually took me a while to figure that out too (I didn't clue in to the "Virtual Server" wording): 1 - Log into the ZeroShell webconfig 2 - Click on "Router" on the left-hand menu 3 - Click on "Virtual Server" on the top menu 4 - Select "ppp0" for the interface 5 - Leave "IP Address" as "ANY" 6 - Select the protocol (TCP/UDP) you want forwarded 7 - Enter the port to be forwarded in the "Local Port" field. This is the port it will listen on. 8 - Enter your computer's (or the computer to forward to) LAN IP in the "Remote IP" field 9 - If you want the external port forwarded to a different port, specify the internal port in the "Remote Port" field. Normally this will be auto-populated with what you entered in "Local Port". 10 - Press the "+" button to add the rule, close the window. You're done. To delete a rule, select the radio button next to it and click the "-" button. UPnP does not work with ZeroShell. where do i look to find out what to put in for step #8?
does the virtualbox assign my comp a static ip that i would use there, or does my computer just get assigned an ip from the dhcp server that we set up in zeroshell?
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Jabber
join:2006-06-19
Scarborough, ON
| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) It would depend on what you did in step 31. If you manually entered an IP, you would stick that IP in there (ex: 192.168.0.42). If you went the DHCP route, it would, as you said, get assigned an IP by Zeroshell.
Either way, you can check your IP by going to Control Panel > Network Connections > Your Connection. Right click and select Status and then click the Support tab. | |
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join:2009-01-10
| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) said by Jabber :It would depend on what you did in step 31. If you manually entered an IP, you would stick that IP in there (ex: 192.168.0.42). If you went the DHCP route, it would, as you said, get assigned an IP by Zeroshell. Either way, you can check your IP by going to Control Panel > Network Connections > Your Connection. Right click and select Status and then click the Support tab. thanks, if the dhcp is assigning an ip, would it not change all the time and defeat the purpose of the port forwarding?
also, another question:
since all internet traffic is being routed through the virtual box in this scenario, does that device need to be running 24/7? ie, if i wish to surf the net with my laptop, which is not running the software, does the virtual box need to be running on my main rig? same for voip/xbox live/etc...
i really like that guspaz created this, but i don't want to have to start it up everytime i need to use the internet or play xbox or use phone, etc, plus wife would get pretty frustrated if nothing was working properly.
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erfans
n00b
join:2008-10-10
Scarborough, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Bell Sympatico
1 edit | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) ^
First of all, no you don't NEED to have this running to access the internet. Secondly, you don't need to change ports at all. IP changes but your individual computer's IP on LAN doesn't change I guess, I could be wrong. But at least I don't have to change ports. I'm on D'LINK DIR-625. Even though I'm on DHCP and on dynamic IP, my router always assigns the same individual IP to each computer on LAN. Finally, you only run the Virtual Machine and then click on START, that will launch your ZeroShell/MLPPP machine which will then bypass throttling.
In short, you don't need this to connect to the internet. But you need it to bypass throttling. It's as simple as launching the program and then torrenting. You'll still have access to internet without this running and you don't have to change ports all the time.
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join:2009-01-10
| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) i think may setup may be a little different than yours, then, because i cannot connect to the internet unless the zeroshell is running, otherwise windows tells me that my network connectivity is limited and won't connect unless the zeroshell app is running. i am using a 2wire if that makes a difference.
once i have it running everything is fine, its just annoying for other people who just want to do casual stuff and don't know why somethings aren't working. for now i am just doing any downloading in the morning when the throttle is not yet active and crossing my fingers that the single link mlppp situation for windows is rectified... | |
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Bicephale
join:2005-09-24
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| Hummm...
I don't get it. Why are there remnants of X11
if Mr. Ricciardi didn't intend his LiveCD to have
a GUI? At least i would have expected to find
'Midnight Commander' or else, not to mention
the fact that 'Lynx' appears to be broken as a
result of not finding 'LibSSL v0.9.7', whatever... | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) There were many questionable infrastructure choices in ZeroShell. But it's still far easier to get up and running than doing it yourself from scratch. | |
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Bicephale
join:2005-09-24
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2 edits | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) Hi Guspaz,
Gu> ...it's still far easier to get up and running than doing it yourself...
Quite true, i wouldn't have downloaded it out of curiosity otherwise!
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DjEclipse
join:2007-11-20
Niagara Falls, ON | This may be a dumb question, but do we need to do this if we are using the WRT54GL router with your tomato software on it?
Mine just came in the mail and I was going to set it up tonight. | |
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Trisomy21
join:2006-04-27
Kingston, ON | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) No you don't need to do this with the WRT54GL + Tomato. This is for people who were directly connecting to their modem single link. | |
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join:2007-11-20
Niagara Falls, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) said by Trisomy21 :No you don't need to do this with the WRT54GL + Tomato. This is for people who were directly connecting to their modem single link. Cool,
Thanks for the quick reply. | |
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Turbinator
join:2007-10-14
Mississauga, ON | Thank you for this, it's amazing. Thank you ! | |
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joshmxpx
join:2009-01-10
| awesome guide!
i got it working and running without a hitch, now my only question is what exactly i need to do when i start up my pc.
this is what i am doing:
1.start virtual box
2.starting zeroshell/mlppp machine
3.opening browser and opening 192.168.0.75
4.clicking setup, then network to see that pppoe connection PPP0 is connected
do #3 and #4 need to be done, and does anything need to be done in the virtual machine, or can it just sit at the main menu?
so far working good, and according to utorrent all my ports are forwarded properly (this had been done through my router previously, does it also need to be done in zeroshell?)
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| DSL_Ricer
Premium
join:2007-07-22
| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) said by joshmxpx :do #3 and #4 need to be done, and does anything need to be done in the virtual machine, or can it just sit at the main menu? Once you've started the virtual machine, and let it boot, then it should be fine. No need to interact with it. | |
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1 edit | false alarm.
it was working perfectly and i was hitting some good speeds (100k+ with average seeds), but then i rebooted and started everything up again and now it is locked at 30k again.
is there anything i can check to make sure that it is configured properly?
would it have anything to do with my ip address (currently set to 192.168.0.65 according to 2wire settings page)? i have this set to obtain automatically in my network settings. i have dhcp enabled on the router, should this be disabled since zero shell is supposed to be handling the dhcp requests?
any help would really be appreciated, because i hate being stuck behind this bell throttle... | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
·Colbanet
| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) Some things to try/check:
1) Did you follow step 27 (enable multi-link in the dropdown)?
2) Did you check the "Reject..." checkbox to make sure multilink is working?
3) Did you do a traceroute to make sure you're passing through the ZeroShell router?
4) Did you try rebooting your modem (keep it off for a few minutes)?
If DHCP is enabled on your 2wire, you're probably not going through ZeroShell, you're probably going through the 2wire. | |
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Premium
join:2007-07-22 | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) 5) did you remove your pppoe connection from windows? | |
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join:2009-01-10
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1 yes
3 ??
4 yes, this seemed to do the trick.
however, now when i start windows cold, the network shows the yellow triangle with "limited connectivity" warning. the internet or nothing will work until i force windows to try to repair the connection, then it connected through the virtual box and now everything seems to be working fine.
question: if i haven't changed anything on my other computers, will they run through the mlppp connection as well (assuming its running on the main rig), or do i need to install the virtual box on every computer i wish to run a mlppp connection on?
thanks again guys for all your help | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
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join:2001-11-05
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| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) said by joshmxpx :however, now when i start windows cold, the network shows the yellow triangle with "limited connectivity" warning. the internet or nothing will work until i force windows to try to repair the connection, then it connected through the virtual box and now everything seems to be working fine. Probably has something to do with Windows bringing up the interface before ZeroShell has had a chance to start up. You'll probably have to keep doing that.
question: if i haven't changed anything on my other computers, will they run through the mlppp connection as well (assuming its running on the main rig), or do i need to install the virtual box on every computer i wish to run a mlppp connection on? No, you only need one machine on your network running ZeroShell. As long as there are no other DHCP servers and all your other machines are set to use DHCP, things should just work. | |
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NBomb
join:2007-01-23
Etobicoke, ON | Guspaz,
Would this work under Parallels, or is virtualbox required? | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
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join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
·Colbanet
| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) said by NBomb :Guspaz, Would this work under Parallels, or is virtualbox required? It's not required, I just picked it because it's free for all platforms.
If you want to use Parallels, the instructions are very similar. Just set up a new 2.6 kernel virtual machine, and make sure it is using the equivalent of host networking (simulates a real ethernet card). To follow the instructions above, your VM software (Parallels) also needs to support VMWare disk images, or else you'll have to install ZeroShell yourself instead of using the pre-made VMWare version. | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
·Colbanet
| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) said by erfans :Wow guys, I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH! I followed every single one of your steps and it worked like a charm! I'm downloading at max speed in uTorrent even though I have the RED exclamation mark indicating my port is not forwarded. Excellent instructions, so easy to follow, I really appreciate it guys! I'm guessing I have to forward the ports in my router and that should take care of the RED exclamation symbol in uTorrent. Excellent work guys! Yes, you'll have to forward the ports yourself (ZeroShell doesn't support UPnP, so uTorrent can't do it for you).
You can find instructions on that earlier in this thread (»Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions)). | |
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NBomb
join:2007-01-23
Etobicoke, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
2 edits | Alright, I can't get this to work. The VM can't seem to reach anything. 'ping www.ibm.com' gives me an 'unknown host' message.
Is there some step I missed? I'm getting hung up on step 22.
Network properties in the web management panel says 'Connecting to PPPoE Server'...
Currently I'm going [computer -> dlink router -> modem -> internet] - should I be directly connected to the modem? | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) You can try connecting directly to the modem. Also, did you do step 10-12? Did you select the right network device? ZeroShell is unable to connect to the net. | |
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join:2007-01-23
Etobicoke, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
3 edits | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) said by Guspaz :You can try connecting directly to the modem. Also, did you do step 10-12? Did you select the right network device? ZeroShell is unable to connect to the net. That's what I gathered. However the computer doesn't seem to want to connect direct, I don't know why.
10-yes
11-yes
12-not quite sure if I did it right, but I'm able to access the web-management panel from 192.168.0.75...
There are a bunch of adaptors, two 'PCnet' ones, and two Intel ones listed... is this something common to the package, or what's on my system?
Yeah, none of the 4 changes anything.
From the ppp log:
22:34:23 Using interface ppp0
22:34:23 Connect: ppp0 /dev/pts/1
22:34:28 tcflush failed: Bad file descriptor
22:34:28 Exit.
22:34:33 pppd 2.4.3 started by root, uid 0
22:34:33 Using interface ppp0
22:34:33 Connect: ppp0 /dev/pts/0
22:35:04 LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
22:35:04 Connection terminated.
22:35:04 Using interface ppp0
22:35:04 Connect: ppp0 /dev/pts/1
22:35:09 tcflush failed: Bad file descriptor
22:35:09 Exit.
rinse, repeat (when I have the router logged out from the DSL or logged in) | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) Those are what's on your system. You need to pick the one that connects to your modem.
If you don't know which one it is, you could try each of them. | |
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join:2007-01-23
Etobicoke, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
2 edits | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) I tried all 4 and nothing worked... but I managed to get it working direct to modem and it seems to be working. Trying step 22+ now.
Seems to be working now!
Is there any specific way of knowing if it's working correctly though? Just if the torrents go fast?
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OMG I think it's working! You guys are a godsend, Guspaz! :D | |
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q12345
join:2008-10-18
North York, ON
·Bell Sympatico
| Guspaz, people like you are what makes this forum great! Your instructions were awesome and everything is working fantastic. I just had a computer crash and things came up perfect after rebooting.
I have a question: there's an update patch for ZeroShell at
»www.zeroshell.net/eng/patch-details/#C100" >www.zeroshell.net/eng/patch-deta···ls/#C100
Should I even bother? | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
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join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
·Colbanet
| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) said by q12345 :Guspaz, people like you are what makes this forum great! Your instructions were awesome and everything is working fantastic. I just had a computer crash and things came up perfect after rebooting. I have a question: there's an update patch for ZeroShell at » www.zeroshell.net/eng/patch-details/#C100" >www.zeroshell.net/eng/patch-deta···ls/#C100 Should I even bother? Probably not, wait for word from DSL_Ricer. | |
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Premium
join:2007-07-22
| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) said by Guspaz :Probably not, wait for word from DSL_Ricer. It is a security patch. From the looks of it it's for the web interface.
As far as I see their should be no interactions so it should be safe to install. I haven't tried it my-self though. | |
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q12345
join:2008-10-18
North York, ON
1 edit | EDIT: sorry, this was a double post because my pc just crashed and I didn't know whether my previous post went up or not. | |
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Jabber
join:2006-06-19
Scarborough, ON
2 edits | Thanks for the guide, Guspaz.
I initially had some problems with getting Azureus to work (it would force XP to restart and give me the whole Windows has recovered from a serious error message) but after some changes in the settings, everything seems to be working alright.
Edit: Hmm... scratch that. It's still restarting at seemingly random times. Looks like I'll have to do some debugging and see what's up.
Edit #2: After switching to utorrent, Windows XP no longer restarts by itself so I guess I'll stick with utorrent. | |
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Yelostang
@teksavvy.com
| Hi Guspaz and thanks in advance for the guide. Unfortunately I'm not as good as you guys at doing stuff like that. I followed all the steps in your guide until I got to #15 which has me totally lost on what to do next...Any more detailed help would be greatly appreciated. I just don't understand what you mean that windows machine must be on 192.168.0.x nor do I have any idea where to change that setting. Sorry if this sounds totally dumb 
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Jabber
join:2006-06-19
Scarborough, ON
| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) Go to Settings > Control Panel > Network Connections. (I'm assuming you're using XP, by the way.)
Right click your ethernet connection and click Properties.
Under "This connection uses the following items", click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.
Click "use the following IP address".
IP address: 192.168.0.30 (as an example)
Subnet mask: Leave it as default.
Default gateway: 192.168.0.75
Use the following DNS addresses: 192.168.0.75
That should do the trick but someone can chime in if I'm wrong. | |
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@teksavvy.com | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) Jasonyong19...Thank you very much for your reply, I will give it a try and see what happens...might get me to the next step before I get stuck again...It's all so hard for me to understand. | |
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DoctorBunsen
join:2008-10-15
Montreal, QC | It works!
I also had a problem with Step 15 but resolved it thanks to the posts above.
Thanks to everyone who made this possible. | |
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Yelostang
@teksavvy.com
| Hi Guspaz, a little more help needed if you don't mind please? I followed the steps in your guide, got through the last step I was stuck in thanks to some help from here but I'm now stuck on step #22...when I type s to open the shell and type what I'm supposed to on the first line I get...failed host not found, I then type 'newline' and proceed to type #23 and when I press tab I getINIT: Id "7" respawning too fast:disabled for 5 minutes....
I'm sure I have no idea what to do next....:( | |
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| DSL_Ricer
Premium
join:2007-07-22
| Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) said by Yelostang :
INIT: Id "7" respawning too fast:disabled for 5 minutes
Ignore this. It's just telling you you don't have a serial port in the virtual machine.
try:
ping google.ca
If that fails, then you messed up a previous step. Try again starting at 16. | |
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@teksavvy.com | Re: Single-link MLPPP on Windows with Virtualbox (instructions) Thank you very much DSL_Ricer, I will try it again today and post back. I also came across the same problem as LucasMoon in step #22...not sure if that means anything...
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