<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'Arial'; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">Hi Oleg,<br>
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opened the account for her.<br>
Netvision although a few months after the merge with Barak, refused to give a "Barak" account with no dialer.<br>
I have a "Barak" account, no dialer, but they are not giving it any more ( the last time I checked)<br>
From time to time I get blocked, especially if I switch the hardware connected to the modem. Then I suppose to be automatically redirected to some portal to give my user and password. The last time It happened, I did not get redirected and I had to call the support team to find out what is going on.<br>
Only after we threaten to disconnect, we got a call form a Linux support guy, he gave me the "portal" direct URL.<br>
To all "Barak" DHCP cable users, if you get a real IP and you can ping your gateway, but nothing else, use this URL:<br>
https://212.150.75.203:38181/barakportal/<br>
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<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>Gal <br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>On Tuesday 16 June 2009 00:40:47 Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:<br>
> >> She has a Linux laptop fully functional with Kbuntu 9.04. It is<br>
> >> connected via Ethernet to a cable modem. The cable modem is<br>
> >> working and the computer receives a cable IP .<br>
> >><br>
> >> She has a Netvision account and the connect script was tested with<br>
> >> a cable modem at my place and it worked. The script also worked<br>
> >> when every command is cut, paste and executed in a root shell.<br>
> >> But, running the script with sudo yield nothing.<br>
><br>
> Gal,<br>
><br>
> Maybe a much simpler solution for your friend will be to call the<br>
> provider and tell them she is not interested in dialing them and wants<br>
> a direct DHCP connection. No scripts, dialers, setup (well, DHCP), or<br>
> anything like that, at no extra cost? I don't think I have ever used a<br>
> dialer with broadband (i.e., from the moment I moved from dial-up to<br>
> ADSL and then to cable), and if my memory betrays me and I did in the<br>
> beginning, certainly not in many, many years. Frankly, I didn't even<br>
> think dialers existed any more as a mainstream feature...<br>
><br>
> IIRC, when I tried to re-hook with Netvision a couple of years ago<br>
> they were in the process of merging with Barak, and told me that since<br>
> they were merging the infrastructures if I wanted direct DHCP I had to<br>
> get a Barak account. Now the two are the same company, right?<br>
><br>
> > and Netvision are thieves who want our money, not our business. They<br>
> > deserve neither.<br>
><br>
> That may be true, and certainly they (well, Barak) want our business<br>
> because of the money we pay, can't fault that, can we?... FWIW,<br>
> Netvision have always (since 1996 for me) provided decent Linux<br>
> support (not that I used it heavily), including dial scripts that I<br>
> was offered but never used, etc.<br>
><br>
> The trick is to call them and tell them on the phone that you have<br>
> Linux, and you want to talk to someone knowledgeable. This always<br>
> worked for me in the past, i.e., I was called back by someone<br>
> reasonably proficient. Though I am still a Barak customer I don't call<br>
> tech support much (well, DHCP just works), so I don't know if that<br>
> changed after the merger.<br>
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