[ubuntu-uk] Hooking up a machine running Ubuntu to a Mark 1, BT HomeHub

[Rowan]

And, if I might just add, this is a singularly inane remark:
"ISP's aren't linux friendly or linux unfriendly; networking is 
operating system agnostic."
It should be obvious enough that some ISPs at least claim to be able to 
support Linux users, and others do not. The question is, whether any of 
the ones that do make this claim are actually reliable.


Jacob Williams wrote:
>
> ISP's aren't linux friendly or linux unfriendly; networking is 
> operating system agnostic.
> Please try logging into your HomeHub through http://192.168.1.254 and 
> checking your laptop is listed in the Devices (or similar) section, 
> click on the device icon if present to see if your laptop has an IP 
> address from the HomeHub, if so check that it has not been blocked 
> from accessing the internet in the Access (or similar) section. If 
> these two dialogs show nothing unusual set your DNS addresses through 
> NetworkManager to addresses quoted on OpenDNS.com. Have you tried 
> approaching BT for help? It may be a faulty HomeHub, many of the white 
> HomeHubs have myriad problems. The new black ones are much more reliable.
>
>     On 18 Feb 2009, 5:19 PM, "Rowan" <rowan.berkeley at googlemail.com
>     <mailto:rowan.berkeley at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Your suggestions 5 and 6 are at least non-trivial. But, can I do all
>     this configuring of the Ethernet port BEFORE connecting it to the
>     Hub? I
>     have two reasons for preferring this: one, I imagine it is better
>     set-up
>     procedure in general, to configure ports in advance before connecting
>     them (if they are not self-configuring), and two, this Home Hub is
>     exceedingly prone to mental indigestion, requiring from time to time a
>     hard reset to factory condition, and a wait of an hour or more to
>     stabilise itself.
>
>     I would consider switching to a Linux-friendly ISP, which would
>     provide
>     a Linux-friendly router, if there is such a thing.
>
>     As to the ports it has, this is the spec.:
>     http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux-notebook-lc2430s.html
>     and, as you can see, it has one RJ-45 Ethernet port and 3 USB 2.0
>     ports.
>
>     Michael Holloway wrote: > Rowan, I think we are all confused that
>     it didn't "just work" as this > c...
>