Re: Woohoo!! Bush Internet.TV Success!!

["nick_towers2000" <nickt@xxxxxxx>]

Am a bit behind you, but at least I've connected via V21 now - the
problems disappeared when I changed my password from a mix of upper &
lower case characters to all lower case. My next problem is to get
Win2K to network to my Win 98 PCs (anyone had problems in this
area?), then I'll dust down & install the old PBX key system in the
cellar & try & do what you've done.
N

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Steve Morgan" <steve@s...> wrote:
> Further to last nights efforts, tonight I discovered that I had
allocated an
> IP address to the modem that wasn't on the same network, so no
wonder it
> wouldn't route!
>
> So, there you have it....using the STB connected via PBX to a W2K
Server
> running RRAS, I can now surf the WWW from my TV using ADSL for free
(though
> only at 33k6).
>
> For ?19.99, it is, ladies and gentlemen, a bargain.
>
> The second STB arrived today, too, and as I have a couple of spare
PBX
> ports, I'll stick that one in the bedroom. I've got a second modem
that I
> can put in the server, so that both can be connected at the same
time.
>
> Coo.
>
> Steve
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Morgan [mailto:steve@xxxxxxx...]
> > Sent: 05 December 2001 23:24
> > To: ukha_d@y...
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Woohoo!! Bush Internet.TV Success!!
> >
> >
> > Yay, you fargin bar stewards!!
> >
> > OK. Calm down.
> >
> > Tonight, having found that ToysRUs were only sending me one
> > STB instead of
> > the two that I ordered, I popped to my local store and
> > managed to pick one
> > up.
> >
> > Connected it up and logged into BushInternet - strike 1.
> >
> > Changed ISP params and logged into Demon - strike 2.
> >
> > Spent the next 2 hours p*ing around with Routing and Remote
> > Access on one of
> > my W2k servers.
> >
> > STB plugged into one extension of my PBX. Dials another
> > extension of my PBX
> > that is connected to the server via a modem.
> >
> > I'M IN - Strike 3 - BushInternet.com - you're outa here!
> >
> > Tomorrow (or maybe Friday, I'm out tomorrow night), I've got
> > to sort out the
> > routing, 'cos DNS isn't working properly at the mo and I'm
> > too tired to do
> > it now, but I have managed to surf web sites on my own network.
> >
> > With the routing sorted, I'll be connecting to the Internet
> > via ADSL (though
> > only at 33k6 'cos of the modem).
> >
> > So, if you've got a PBX, you can connect it up using RAS for
free.
> >
> > I'm going to bed a happy man :-)
> >
> > Steve