How To Setup BSNL DataOne Broadband on Linux / Fedora Core
By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News NetworkSunday, April 22, 2007
BSNL DataOne provides software for connecting to Linux. However I found that you can setup much easier and without using their custom software.
First you must know that the DSL modem from BSNL can be directly setup to connect automatically, provide firewall, DHCP and even NAT to allow multiple computers to connect to the internet. So effectively you can have several computers connected to a hub / switch to which the DSL modem connects and then all these computers will be able to connect to the internet by setting the DSL modem as DHCP server in their settings. However in my experience, as the connection is often unreliable, it is better to use software on your computer to establish the link. It allows more control over the connection and faster reconnects after disconnection with little changes to configuration. The solution is simple.
Run adsl-setup. Most likely it is already installed on your system. Otherwise you can also install it on yum enabled distributions like Fedora Core simply by:
yum install rp-pppoe
It asks questions like your login name and password (provided by BSNL), your ethernet interface (choose the default provided - eth0; works for most cases) etc. After the setup you should preferably reboot (or restart the network - service network restart) and you will find your DSL connection up and running.
You can also manually bring up DSL connection by:
ifup ppp0
You can bring it down by:
ifdown ppp0
Note: Unless you have multiple DSL connections, ppp0 is a safe bet.
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April 3, 2010: 1:40 pm
Pls guide me with step by step procedure of installing BSNL broadband connection in my laptop on Redhat 9. I am having Windows XP also on the same laptop and broadband runs fine on it. |
 Sreekanth |
March 14, 2010: 1:16 am
I’m not able to establish BSNL broad band connection to Ubuntu. Please help me |
 kanagarathinam |
 navanee |
September 16, 2009: 12:05 am
i dnt knw the status of bsnl broad band. but my freinds are hvng this connection. They are telling it’s nice and speed also good. |
 Shrinath |
May 17, 2009: 10:17 pm
How can u run yum install rp-pppoe without internet ? you need to the rp-pppoe to connect to the internet and you tell yum to download it ? or am i getting it wrong ? |
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April 23, 2009: 6:29 am
I have installed RHEL-5, i have configured XDL -ADSL broadband connection. I want to share this connection to windows clients. |
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March 13, 2009: 1:50 pm
Hmm…Seems People are allergic to terminal usage. |
 sumit mahajan |
February 11, 2009: 9:17 pm
hi |
 vijay |
August 23, 2008: 1:47 am
hi |
 sarang |
June 14, 2008: 7:41 am
well im unable to connect to internet via wireless with wired connection but wireless i can connect to only to routers web page but not to internet can pls help me out im using |
 Sanjay Palhade |
 ganesh |
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June 12, 2007: 11:22 am
@snellur |
 snellur |
June 12, 2007: 11:06 am
hey all pl help me |
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April 30, 2007: 12:16 pm
The main reason I embraced Fedora Core is because it allows me to easily RAID 1 the boot partition. So effectively both of my hard-disks can operate on its own, should one fail. |
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April 24, 2007: 1:14 am
I use Suse linux 10.2 it hooks up with the internet really fast. No more of those command lines to connect. I had fedora a few months back and it sused to create a lot of problems. I am glad I switched. |
Shalini