Couple of PC questions

[MattF]

I'm on Tiscali broadband using the Sagem F@st 800 ADSL modem which is connected to the desktop by USB.
The new Linksys moden/router is installed, recognised and configured correctly, but I can't connect to the internet.

So you've setup your login username and password on the Linksys? When you plug it into the phoneline, is the Linksys router itself establishing a connection okay with the ISP?

[BUSHWHACKER]

So you've setup your login username and password on the Linksys? When you plug it into the phoneline, is the Linksys router itself establishing a connection okay with the ISP?

Yes.
No.
All the indicator lights on the Linksys that supposed to be lit, are (green) but the light that says 'Internet' lights up red. No-one mentions a red light on the help pages/forums, so I don't know wether it's supposed to red or green when connected.
Both the laptop and desktop won't connect, I get the box that says 'no dail tone'

The laptop connects to the modem/router but not to the internet.

[MattF]

Yes.
No.
All the indicator lights on the Linksys that supposed to be lit, are (green) but the light that says 'Internet' lights up red. No-one mentions a red light on the help pages/forums, so I don't know wether it's supposed to red or green when connected.
Both the laptop and desktop won't connect, I get the box that says 'no dail tone'

The laptop connects to the modem/router but not to the internet.

You are disconnecting the USB modem from the phoneline, aren't you? You shouldn't be getting a message saying no dialtone. The Linksys unit sees to that, and keeps it invisible from the machines. Try uninstalling the Tiscali connection software from your PC. Sounds like it is still trying to use the usb modem as it's default route.

If you goto the setup pages on the Linksys, there should be a status page on there that tells you if the link with the ISP is established.

[Tallyman]

MattF,

As regards your e-mail forwarding query, can you not add the original e-mail as an attachment to a new clean mail? I get this in work all the time.

Within thne new mail window you need to use "insert/item", then scan down until you find the mail you want (presumably in your inbox) and double click insert it. That should put the whole message in there as received and the recipient only needs to double click on the message attachment icon to open the original message.

[max6674]

Firstly, might any of you M$ chaps know how you can get Outlook to forward an e-mail with all the original header info intact?

Try looking at this.. saves me typing it all out.
http://micro.uoregon.edu/fullheaders/#outlook


I cant try this for you as I am on Office 2007 and the GUI is different.

It looks like you have the modem/router issue in hand ;-)

[MattF]

Cheers chaps. Trev helped me test the attachment method, and that one worked a treat. Finally managed to catch one of these mails on the server today as well. Why is it that when you specifically want something to happen, it never usually does? Taken me ages to collar one on there.

Cause of the problem is some pillock of a company that is breaking just about every rule with regards to a smtp session.

1) Invalid helo. They're sending an unqualified name in the helo.
2) Sending from a smtp server with no A or PTR record.
3) Setting the recipient address as the sender address with no prior authorisation for a restriction bypass. Spoofing the sender address instead of doing it properly.

Is it just I, or do some companies, who should know better, not have the faintest idea what a network truly is? Numpties. They pull a trick like that and then wonder why mail is being rejected. Yeah, right.

[MattF]

You managed to sort your router yet Vince?

[POPEYE]

Matt!! forgive a question from a thicko but is what you were asking similar to what i wanted to do, post jokes my nipper emails to me on the jokes forum?
I tried allsorts of fiddleing about but it wont work, i give up asking him to help me,

[MattF]

Matt!! forgive a question from a thicko but is what you were asking similar to what i wanted to do, post jokes my nipper emails to me on the jokes forum?
I tried allsorts of fiddleing about but it wont work, i give up asking him to help me,

To do that, you should just be able to highlight the text in the e-mail, right click and the select copy, then in the forum message box just left click in there so you can see the blinking cursor, right click and then select paste. Should copy all the text in that you selected. To highlight the text in Outlook?, just press and hold the left mouse button at the start of the text you want to copy, then move the mouse cursor to the end of the text you want to copy, whilst keeping the left mouse button held down, then let go of the button.

[POPEYE]

Yep done that, and it did'nt work, plus some of them have picture attachments, i'll keep fiddleing

[MattF]

Yep done that, and it did'nt work, plus some of them have picture attachments, i'll keep fiddleing

With the attachments, if you right click on those and 'Save as', you can save the attachment to your desktop, or wherever. You can then upload those in the attachment bit when you're doing the post. Not sure why the copy and paste ain't working though.

[AndyLala]

How about this...
NAT across the DSL router.. then NAT back to the original IP across the firewall (double Hop)... something we played around with recently to fool a gateway that was just too intelligent for its own good.

[BUSHWHACKER]

You managed to sort your router yet Vince?

Nope. Been out pricing up jobs today.

These strong winds are helpful to me sometimes!

[Gizmo]

Firstly, might any of you M$ chaps know how you can get Outlook to forward an e-mail with all the original header info intact?

Secondly, ADSL routers. Might anyone have a recommendation as to a good ethernet ADSL modem that allows the same gateway I.P to be assigned to both the internal and external interface without throwing a wobbler? Conexant have removed the ability, so their chipsets are a no-go, and the Linksys ones were iffy last time I checked. D-link is also a non-starter. (Hate their weird random lockup problems). Has to be a proper static setup as well. Half bridge option is no good due to it's insistence upon using DHCP and the firewall controlling several static I.P's.


Cheers.

Cant guarantee it but have a look at Zyxel. Failing that your going to have to possibly stump out quite abit and go looking at the CISCO stuff

[MattF]

How about this...
NAT across the DSL router.. then NAT back to the original IP across the firewall (double Hop)... something we played around with recently to fool a gateway that was just too intelligent for its own good.

That wouldn't stop the router requiring two IP's, though, would it? What really annoys me about it is the fact that even the cheapest of routers have had this ability previously, yet suddenly a large percentage of manufacturers seem to think the functionality is no longer required. Bridging/spoofing shouldn't be this hard.