Re: [Linux-ATM-General] Q: How to go about troubleshooting a DSL provisioning issue?

[Philip P. <phi...@re...>]

On 3/6/11 1:36 AM, Karl Hiramoto wrote:
> On 03/06/11 02:38, Philip Prindeville wrote:
>> "nas1"?
>>
>> Hmm.....  Also, how do I clone the MAC address of the Westell when using RFC-2684 mode?
>>
> nasX are the default  RFC2884 devices.   use br2684ctl  to create them.
>
> I have seen one provider (vodafone) in spain filter  MAC addresses and
> the hostname on the DHCP request.
>
> Th only way i know to find the MAC address will be to:
>
> 1.  The logs
> 2. hack the device
> 3. Some providers use the device serial number as MAC
> 4. use your own DSLAM on one end of line and setup a sniffer.      I
> have a cheap zisa  DLAM  I've done this with you have to know the
> VPI/VCI they are using  to try this.
> 5.  Search internet or try and contact your provider for the settings.
>
>
> --
> Karl

I'll those in order.  I got the MAC device out of the status screen from the modem... no hacking required.

Owning my own DSLAM sounds kind of cool.  :-)

I still don't understand what the message:

solos 0000:00:0c.0: Received packet for unknown VPI.VCI 0.35 on port 0

means, however.  If I've already done a:

br2684ctl -b -c 0 -e 0 -p 0 -a 0.0.35

then why would 0.35 be considered "unknown"?  Isn't that exactly what I'm listening on?

What am I missing?

-Philip