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wtf · 18-06-2007, 06:53 AM

have the reliance broadnet in 3 different location for work and home.

And successfully installed the Linksys WRTGL wireless router and a home grown linux based router.

In all cases the WAN (internet) connection is DHCP. On powerup the router acquires the external IP address and DNS information using DHCP. The lan side is using NAT where the subnet is 192.168.1.0. As long this is setup correctly all the computers on lan should theoretically be able to connect to internet.

Now there is just one more step to connect workstations to the internet. The reliance broadnet connection page. The first workstation wil see this page and has to login. Other workstations wont have to repeat this. It's pretty annoying as the connection times out in 15 minutes. The fucker who thought of this is pure idiot. We have a static ip and need to provide incoming access and the stupid network is timed out.

It is a non standard way of authenticating, no router in the world supports it. The standard ways are PPPoE, PPTP, LT2P, Radius etc. After some digging around I found that the login page is posting "username" and "password" to this url
http://www.reliancebroadband.co.in/user/refresh/home.

So to make a workaround I wrote a script that makes this submit with the reliance username and password. And run it as a cron job every 10 minutes on one of the servers. Now the session never times out and no one has to see the dumb login screen. Of course I use linux machines so it's very easy to do it. If someone is interested I can share the script.

Peace
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nutty · 19-08-2007, 02:07 AM

I completely agree with you. Customer service says that router should be set to PPPoE .. whereas installation guy says it should be static. I tried PPPoE but it didnt work. Static worked but has the authentication problem.

Very painful. I am thinking of canceling my service ....

nutty · 19-08-2007, 07:06 PM

Does anyone know broadband service providers in India who provide a standard authentication mechanism such as PPPoE ?

Thanks in advance

vzx · 19-08-2007, 10:42 PM

BSNL does provide you with a PPoE connection with a dynamic IP

shyju.k@hotmail.com · 24-10-2007, 05:23 PM

Can post the script that makes this submit with the reliance username and password

Quote:

Originally Posted by wtf

have the reliance broadnet in 3 different location for work and home.

And successfully installed the Linksys WRTGL wireless router and a home grown linux based router.

In all cases the WAN (internet) connection is DHCP. On powerup the router acquires the external IP address and DNS information using DHCP. The lan side is using NAT where the subnet is 192.168.1.0. As long this is setup correctly all the computers on lan should theoretically be able to connect to internet.

Now there is just one more step to connect workstations to the internet. The reliance broadnet connection page. The first workstation wil see this page and has to login. Other workstations wont have to repeat this. It's pretty annoying as the connection times out in 15 minutes. The fucker who thought of this is pure idiot. We have a static ip and need to provide incoming access and the stupid network is timed out.

It is a non standard way of authenticating, no router in the world supports it. The standard ways are PPPoE, PPTP, LT2P, Radius etc. After some digging around I found that the login page is posting "username" and "password" to this url
http://www.reliancebroadband.co.in/user/refresh/home.

So to make a workaround I wrote a script that makes this submit with the reliance username and password. And run it as a cron job every 10 minutes on one of the servers. Now the session never times out and no one has to see the dumb login screen. Of course I use linux machines so it's very easy to do it. If someone is interested I can share the script.

Peace
A

18-06-2007, 06:53 AM	#11
wtf Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	Login Page Bypass have the reliance broadnet in 3 different location for work and home. And successfully installed the Linksys WRTGL wireless router and a home grown linux based router. In all cases the WAN (internet) connection is DHCP. On powerup the router acquires the external IP address and DNS information using DHCP. The lan side is using NAT where the subnet is 192.168.1.0. As long this is setup correctly all the computers on lan should theoretically be able to connect to internet. Now there is just one more step to connect workstations to the internet. The reliance broadnet connection page. The first workstation wil see this page and has to login. Other workstations wont have to repeat this. It's pretty annoying as the connection times out in 15 minutes. The fucker who thought of this is pure idiot. We have a static ip and need to provide incoming access and the stupid network is timed out. It is a non standard way of authenticating, no router in the world supports it. The standard ways are PPPoE, PPTP, LT2P, Radius etc. After some digging around I found that the login page is posting "username" and "password" to this url http://www.reliancebroadband.co.in/user/refresh/home. So to make a workaround I wrote a script that makes this submit with the reliance username and password. And run it as a cron job every 10 minutes on one of the servers. Now the session never times out and no one has to see the dumb login screen. Of course I use linux machines so it's very easy to do it. If someone is interested I can share the script. Peace A

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19-08-2007, 02:07 AM	#12
nutty Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	I completely agree with you. Customer service says that router should be set to PPPoE .. whereas installation guy says it should be static. I tried PPPoE but it didnt work. Static worked but has the authentication problem. Very painful. I am thinking of canceling my service ....

19-08-2007, 07:06 PM	#13
nutty Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Does anyone know broadband service providers in India who provide a standard authentication mechanism such as PPPoE ? Thanks in advance

19-08-2007, 10:42 PM	#14
vzx Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ahmedabad Posts: 56 Rep Power: 2	BSNL does provide you with a PPoE connection with a dynamic IP

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