{"id":101,"date":"2003-12-31T01:58:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-31T01:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jclark.org\/weblog\/Miscellany\/gagged.html"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"gagged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jclark.org\/weblog\/2003\/12\/31\/gagged\/","title":{"rendered":"Gagged"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re visiting family this week, and staying with my parents. Much to my delight, they recently got DSL<\/span> service from AT&T. <\/span>Being a good son, I gave my Dad a router for Christmas (he has some spare PCs he wants to network, plus a work laptop). Being me, I made it a 802.11g wireless router.<\/p>\n

Last night, we hooked it all up. Of course, I managed to make it much more difficult than it needed to be. I have a cable modem at home, which creates a direct connection to the web, and then acts as a DHCP<\/span> server to my PC <\/span>(well, to my router). The DSL<\/span> modem also acts as a DHCP<\/span> server, but does not make a direct internet connection. Instead, it connects over PPPoE, which requires a user name and password. The username was visible in a dialog box, but (of course) not the password. I asked Dad for the password. He didn’t know it. Didn’t remember having one. Didn’t even recognize the user name. It seems that the AT&T<\/span> software automatically logs in upon startup. <\/p>\n

So, we looked through all of his documentation. Tried guessing the password. Searched the support website. Uninstalled and reinstalled the software. All to no avail. And then I tried something I should have tried an hour before… In the AT&T<\/span> software setup is a checkbox “I am using a router to connect to AT&T<\/span>“. I checked it. And Lo, a textbox appeared with the username and password I would need to feed my router to enable a PPPoE connection from the router. It worked, and my Powerbook was once again online.<\/p>\n

All was now right in the world. Yeah, right. I could get my mail, but I could not send it. Via either of the SMTP<\/span> servers I normally use. Upon further investigation, it seems that AT&T<\/span> blocks port 25 (they use an alternate port for their servers), and that you must request to have the port unblocked. After you’ve been a customer for 30 days. What a crock. <\/p>\n

We requested the port be unblocked via the WebChat interface (PhoneDrone? We’ve got Webdrones!), and after a brief but unpleasant Spanish Inquisition (Bloodtype?), I was promised the port would be unblocked, within 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

That was an hour ago. I’m still gagged.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> After trying again (and failing) several hours later, I had inspiration to try having the router log out and log back in to the PPPoE connection. Now, everything is working.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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