Plz Help: I cant get MTNL Triband to work on Ubuntu-LIVE CD

[maximus999]

MTNL Triband on Ubuntu LIVE CD.

Here what i referred to make it work:-

"right click on your desktop. you will see a menu entry "run terminal". click it. a terminal should pop up. now type:

sudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf

hit enter. now enter the superuser password (= by default the same password that you use to login, if you are the first user on the newly installed system)

the editor should come up the the resolv.conf file.

Now type valid DNS entries in this manner

nameserver 203.94.243.70
nameserver 203.94.227.70
nameserver 192.168.1.1

once you have modified your file, save it and close the editor.

Now the most important part.... somehow the dhcp client keeps modifying the resolv.conf in a set amount of time and that's why the net dosent work.... so you have to lock the file so that it cant be modified

now, back at the terminal, type

sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf

now open your browser or synaptic and test if everything works.
if not, report back.

ohh and btw if you do realise that you have to change the DNS entries

sudo chattr -i /etc/resolv.conf

This will unlock the file again"


I did the config as above but it didnt work.....Plz help.

[mehulved]

Did you try via GUI?
System => Administration => Networking

[QwertyManiac]

There is no need of configuring anything if you have DHCP enabled and a configured router, just go to the place t_y_f has mentioned and enable eth0 and DHCP there. I guess that should do it.

[praka123]

You can configure dataone/mtnl using ''pppoeconf''

[JGuru]

Open the Terminal Window & type:
$ gksu network-admin
This should open the 'Network Settings' dialog. Click on the 'Connections' tab, select
'Ethernet Connection' . Click on 'Properties' Under 'Connection' make sure 'Enable this connection'
is checked. Under 'Configuration' leave it as 'DHCP'. Click "OK'. & again click 'OK'.
To check whether you are able to connect to the Net, from the Terminal Window, type:
$ ping www.yahoo.com
This display some data like 64 bytes from www.yahoo.com , IP address, time taken etc.,
Press 'Ctrl' + C to terminate ping.
If you see those data statistics , then your Net connection is working fine.
If your Net connection is not working, you'll get a message 'Unknown host www.yahoo.com'.

[maximus999]

Im Connected....Posting this from Firefox-Ubuntu LIVE CD (ver.6.06 LTS)

DHCP Enabled--ok
Router Configured--ok
System => Administration => Networking
=>DNS=>203.94.243.70
203.94.227.70
=>Added & Saved.

Done ur connected.



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Some Problems.....

(1) After every 15-20 mins i have to reenter the DNS server addresses.
Is there any way i can save it/lock the settings.

(2) Im not getting the maximum bandwidth....i.e; I usually get around 30KBps transfer rate. on normal XP....whereas now on Ubuntu live..im getting 21 KBps.
What could the problem??

Plzz help.

[JGuru]

If you get disconnected after 10 or 15 mins. Try this:
Open the Terminal Window & type:
$ gksu network-admin
This will open the 'Network Settings' dialog.
Click on the tab 'DNS' , Click on 'Add' button & give your ISP's DNS Server
IP address. Also click on the 'Connection' tab, under 'Connection Settings',
select 'Static IP address', Now fill in your IP address, subnet mask, Gateway address
Click on 'OK' button. Again click on 'OK' button.

Regarding FireFox loading websites slowly, do these tweaks & FireFox will load
pages faster!!

Load FireFox browser. Now type 'about:config'
(without quotes) in the address URL field. Press Enter key.
You'll get a row called 'Filter'. You'll be typing the text I say
here. Below that you have a table data. To change a
numeric value select the row , right-click on it , choose
'Modify'. To change a boolean value (true/false) , select the
row, right-click , choose 'Toggle' I hope you get the idea.

So here are the tweaks:
---------------------------------

network.dns.disableIPv6 -> true
network.http.pipelining -> true
network.http.proxy.pipelining->true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests -> 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server -> 8
network.http.redirection-limit -> 8
network.http.request.max-start-delay -> 0

Restart FireFox after you have applied the changes.
And see the speed difference!!!

[maximus999]

Now fill in your IP address, subnet mask, Gateway address

IP Address :which one; everytime i switch off/on my ADSL router my IP changes.

Subnet mask ???? ( Im on MTNL Triband)

Gateway Address ????

Thanx a lot for ur help.

[JGuru]

@Maximus, Your ISP (MTNL's) IP address, subnet mask: 255.255.255.0, Gateway.
Call MTNL's customer support & ask for IP address & Gateway. They will tell you
that. Note it down in a book. And fill in those details.
This should solve your disconnection problems.

[maximus999]

@JGuru............Thanx a lot for ur help.....

My net connection is good....I dont get any kinda disconenction problems as such..The problem is the DNS server settings aint getting saved...The addresses just disappear after a while...How could i save them; lock it completely.

[mehulved]

Add them manually to /etc/resolv.conf manually. I am not so sure but it maybe due to manually updating DHCP. Maybe you need to use static.