eXzodious
join:2002-12-28
Braintree, MA
| Covad + ZyXEL 600 series 645 modem NOT router
I just got Covad DSL, IT ROX SO MUCH BETTER THEN CABLE! My pings are incredible I ping 45ms to a Counter-Strike server in Portland Maine compared to my POS cable service pinged 150-200ms to that same server! I have a few problems I want to access 645 Modem through telnet but I can’t seem to connect to it. I have it hooked up to my Linksys Befsr 41 Router the router does the PPPoE. But I would like to set up the modem to do the PPPoE and configure some of the settings in the modem. I can’t seem to access certain web servers im guessing ports are blocked or some setting. I'm getting tons of 404 errors which make no sense im connected to the net some connections work some don’t one of them I can’t connect to is Covad.net so I cant access my email etc. But with my old cable modem every thing seems to work fine so Im guessing it’s a problem with my setup. Does the 645 Modem have a web setup page like the Linksys Router or only through telnet? And how would I access it the 645 behind my router? I'm guessing I would have to change the address of my router to something like 192.168.1.2.
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jtater
join:2002-08-17
Nashville, TN
| The 645M provided to me through SE/Covad only has a telnet interface. You may not be able to access it with the default config file loaded in the modem. I have found a workaround for it and can provide the details on how to do it, however if you make your modem unusable I take no responsibility. I don't think you'll be able to access the modem through the router as most SOHO routers won't route a local IP through the WAN port. Try hooking your modem directly to your PC and assigning it an IP in the 192.168.1.x range just make sure it's not 168.1.1 as that's the modems IP, try to telnet the modem. If you can't telnet it's being block by the config file. If this is the case and you still want to telnet the modem post back and I can give you the details of the workaround, keep in mind that just cause this has worked for me there are no guarantees. |
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eXzodious
join:2002-12-28
Braintree, MA | I’ve hooked it up directly to my pc and tried to telnet into it when I open 192.168.1.1 it just sits and does nothing or says no response on port 28. If you could give me any info on how to get around it I’m not worried about it. |
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jtater
join:2002-08-17
Nashville, TN
| Ok here's how you do it
1)Create a directory on your hard drive and put the ROM file(s) in it
2)go to Start>Run enter "cmd"
3)DOS window pops up
4)Change to the directory with the ROM files in it
5)type "ftp 192.168.1.1" (or use whatever your modems ip address may be)
6)At the user prompt just hit "enter"
7)enter password and hit "enter" (password could be admin, 1234, root or mspgzyx)
8)type "ls"
9)you should see two files, ras and rom-0, the ras file is the firmware, the rom-0 file is the configuration
10)type "bin" to but the ftp client into binary mode
11)type "get rom-0 localrom" where get is a command to download a file from the ftp host (the modem), rom-0 is the name of the file to download, and localrom is any name you should choose for the file to be named in the current directory of your hard drive. Doing this makes a backup of the current config in case something goes wrong.
12)Again you should have started the ftp client from the directory that has the ROM files in it, if this is not the case exit the client by typing "quit", change directories and start again, if you are in the correct directory, continue
13)type "put newrom rom-0" where put is the command, newrom is the name of the new ROM file, and rom-0 is the name it should be in the modem
14)the ftp client will automatically close
15)the modem will reboot
16)after reboot, type "telnet 192.168.1.1"
17)at the password prompt enter admin as this config changes the p/w
PS. This config file changes the VPI/VCI to 8/35 you will have to change them back to 0/35 in the internet connection menu (#4 I think) |
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eXzodious
join:2002-12-28
Braintree, MA
| reply to eXzodious
Thanks for you help! I did what you suggested and it let me telnet into the modem I did some searching in there with the configuration and couldn't find anything that would block my connection. I think I'll call Covad support unless any one has any idea as to what's going on. I couldn't find any firmware updates for the modem on ZyXEL's website maybe I'm not looking hard enough?
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jtater
join:2002-08-17
Nashville, TN | I saw the unedited reply. To fix the connectivity you will need to enter the correct PVC settings, ie 0/35 |
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eXzodious
join:2002-12-28
Braintree, MA
| reply to eXzodious
Thanks for the advice again. The non locked out rom seems to work now that I changed that setting. I'm getting good speed about 300/1400. But still I'm getting alot of timing out, 404, DNS errors can't check my mail etc. I thought this thing was supposed to work out of the box lol? My machine works fine with the cable modem (tcpip settings look fine) so I'm guessing it’s something to do with the router and modem still. If any one has any ideas as to what’s going on that would be great ill take all the advice I can get. Probably going to call Covad tech support tomorrow afternoon.
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jtater
join:2002-08-17
Nashville, TN | One thing you may want to check is your MTU. Cable modem is a bridged connection so the MTU is 1500 where you are now on PPPoE so your MTU should be 1492. |
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eXzodious
join:2002-12-28
Braintree, MA
|  reply to eXzodious
All ready got all the tcp settings down for ADSL PPPoE. Still no good :'( I have the router's MTU function off maybe if I turn it back on and set it to that but I've heard thats not such a good idea to use the router's MTU.
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wmcbrine
Touched by His Noodly Appendage
join:2002-12-30
Laurel, MD
| reply to eXzodious
A 404 is a genuine error from the web server. That is to say, you'll only see it if you CAN connect fine to the web server, but the server just doesn't have the page you requested. There's nothing you can do about it at your end, except to complain to the webmaster.
Covad DNS is just sucky right now, at least for me. Try hardwiring the IPs of some different DNS servers and see if it helps (it did me).
JTater, thanks for the ROM, very cool.  |
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