Thursday, December 22, 2011

Archving: Experience with BSNL broadband


Finally the bsnl service providers acted on my complaints, after numerous phone calls and visits to the bsnl office.

Unfortunately only after the technician setup an internet connection did I notice that the router provided by the bsnl service , of an inconspicuous manufacturer (with no manual) , was put into a setting that did not allow more than one computer to connect to the internet at a time.

So after painfully browsing user forums and manuals of other routers a setting finally worked

So here is a documentation of the settings of the bsnl modem + router, for my future reference :

Name: BSNL Type 2 ADSL 2+ CPE/IAD
Supplier: Syrma Technology Pvt. Ltd.
Manufacturer: Fujian Star-net Communication Co., Ltd.
Model Name: Type – II Modem
Model No: AR800V v3.0

internal lan ip : 192.168.1.1 (factory settings)

The VPI/VCI are provided by the ISP and one should use the one presetted, the only change I did was to change the protocol to pppoe.

Here are the screen shots and settings summary
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Here is the connection summary :
PVC Name : bsnl

VPI/VCI : 0/35

Category : UBR

Protocol : PPPoE LlcBridged

NAT : On

WAN IP Address : 117.199.207.109

Friday, March 25, 2011

epiphany....

I've always been socially challenged...
and shy and words do not come to me easily. But today I dare to write some experiences of my life.

This incidence happened to me when I was in 5th or 6th grade. I was at a party and as usual my parents, being parents, were trying to present me to my relatives. I am generally shy,so I run away from my parents at those parties/marriages to avoid meeting more people, but at that time my mother caught me and introduced me to some aunt. Then she asked me, in front of all relatives, to touch her feet.

I've always been unable to explain to myself why I did, what I did,after that, but here's what happened. I touched my aunt's feet and then told her that I was doing so, just because my mother had told me to. And then, to my horror, all relatives standing nearby started laughing to the apparent insult I had just delivered to my aunt. (just to be clear she wasn't really my aunt... but a very distant relative). And I was beraded, after this incident, by my parents for being rude to all people I meet.

After thinking about that incident for some years of my life I've been able to partially explain why I insulted my aunt like that and not get the embarassement of being presented to my relatives over with quickly, by extending her the simple courtesy of touching her feet.

Back then I had the notion that touching a person's feet was a courtesy only for elders. So actually I had told my aunt that, although I am touching your feet ,even when I do not know you, I do not take this courtesy lightly and reserve it only for people for whom I have deep respect. But sadly the words did not come out right and I was laughed at and then scolded ,by my parents, for being rude to relatives, for the rest of my teenage.

So after all these years I've been able to explain the reason for my plight. I was taking a simple courtesy,too seriously.

I'm still in the process of explaining many more of my erratic behaviours, and improving my presentability to society. Hopefully, I will be successful some day.