Hi!
I am using Mepis Linux 6.0.

Unable to connect to the net using BSNL broadband.

Modem purchased UTStarcom/ut-300RU

Downloaded rp-pppoe-3.5.tar.gz from bsnl website and installed the
gui based client via shell with following settings as described on
bsnl site.

Ethernet Interface: eth0
User name: amit
Activate-on-demand: No
DNS: Do not adjust / server (tried both)
Firewalling: MASQUERADE( tried with firewall off)

Adsl start connects to the net but when i try to connect to any
website i get the following message

Server not found

Firefox can't find the server at www.mepis.org.

* Check the address for typing errors such as
ww.example.com instead of
www.example.com

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or
proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

Tried other site but getting the same message.

asdsl status, ifconfig and running mozilla from shell as root show
following message
adsl-status: Link is up and running on interface ppp0
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:59.95.169.174 P-t-P:59.95.160.1 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:39 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:7890 (7.7 KiB) TX bytes:30 (30.0 b)

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ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:FC:6F:EA:2D
inet addr:192.168.1.4 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2693 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1016 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:247544 (241.7 KiB) TX bytes:102137 (99.7 KiB)
Interrupt:185 Base address:0x6000
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Mozilla as root

(firefox-bin:31709): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable:
assertion `gdk_window_is_viewable (src)' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_n_channels:
assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **:
gdk_pixbuf_get_bits_per_sample: assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_width:
assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_height:
assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_rowstride:
assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref:
assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable:
assertion `gdk_window_is_viewable (src)' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_n_channels:
assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **:
gdk_pixbuf_get_bits_per_sample: assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_width:
assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_height:
assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_rowstride:
assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref:
assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable:
assertion `gdk_window_is_viewable (src)' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_n_channels:
assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **:
gdk_pixbuf_get_bits_per_sample: assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_width:
assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_height:
assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_rowstride:
assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed

(firefox-bin:31709): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref:
assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed.

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What am i doing wrong?

Can any experienced member please help me out. Which modem other
members using for broadband.

Please advice on any other distro which will work properly with bsnl
broadband and which modem should i get.

The above mentioned modem is working properly in windows xp.

Thanks

Dr.Shyam Batra.