Using Launch2Net to manually set DNS and APN (and later, using same DNS manually in OS X)
As I've previous written about I've had problems connecting to my tele2 internet. I've tried changing modem but while it appeared to be working a while, it stopped later on the same week. My second approach was to set DNS and APN manually. Some background:
When I tried to connect I got to "Authenticating" and then it simply timed out. My logs said:
Sun Jul 5 15:12:01 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
Sun Jul 5 15:12:04 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
Sun Jul 5 15:12:07 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
Sun Jul 5 15:12:10 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
Sun Jul 5 15:12:13 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
Sun Jul 5 15:12:16 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
And Launch2Net said that it tried to get TCP/IP settings but timed out. Thus I had a hunch that it was failing to get IP adress and/or DNS. I scrolled through the logs, and found this (from a successfull attempt):
Sat Jul 4 16:10:05 2009 : Could not determine remote IP address: defaulting to 10.64.64.64
Sat Jul 4 16:10:05 2009 : local IP address 90.130.200.117
Sat Jul 4 16:10:05 2009 : remote IP address 10.64.64.64
Sat Jul 4 16:10:05 2009 : primary DNS address 130.244.127.161
Sat Jul 4 16:10:05 2009 : secondary DNS address 130.244.127.169
And knowing that tele2s APN was mobileinternet.tele2.se I tried to use a custom configuration with:
APN: mobileinternet.tele2.se
User: <blank>
Pass: <blank>
DNS #1 and #2 as above.
So far so good, I could connect, I got a new IP. My log says:
un Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : ipcp: returning Configure-NAK
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfNak id=0x0 <addr 0.0.0.0>]
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x3 <addr 90.130.237.92> <ms-dns1 130.244.127.161> <ms-dns3 130.244.127.169>]
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x4 <addr 90.130.237.92> <ms-dns1 130.244.127.161> <ms-dns3 130.244.127.169>]
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1]
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : ipcp: returning Configure-ACK
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1]
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x4 <addr 90.130.237.92> <ms-dns1 130.244.127.161> <ms-dns3 130.244.127.169>]
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : ipcp: up
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : Could not determine remote IP address: defaulting to 10.64.64.64
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : local IP address 90.130.237.92
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : remote IP address 10.64.64.64
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : primary DNS address 130.244.127.161
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : secondary DNS address 130.244.127.169
You can see the above call for IP:
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x3 <addr 90.130.237.92> <ms-dns1 130.244.127.161> <ms-dns3 130.244.127.169>]
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x4 <addr 90.130.237.92> <ms-dns1 130.244.127.161> <ms-dns3 130.244.127.169>
Which seems to work much better now, using a fixed DNS. But since I prefer to use OS X native (no third party applications - specially those who cost 80EUR) I opened my Huwaei network settings and added the DNS manually as well. So far so good.
When I tried to connect I got to "Authenticating" and then it simply timed out. My logs said:
Sun Jul 5 15:12:01 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
Sun Jul 5 15:12:04 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
Sun Jul 5 15:12:07 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
Sun Jul 5 15:12:10 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
Sun Jul 5 15:12:13 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
Sun Jul 5 15:12:16 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns1 10.11.12.13> <ms-dns3 10.11.12.14>]
And Launch2Net said that it tried to get TCP/IP settings but timed out. Thus I had a hunch that it was failing to get IP adress and/or DNS. I scrolled through the logs, and found this (from a successfull attempt):
Sat Jul 4 16:10:05 2009 : Could not determine remote IP address: defaulting to 10.64.64.64
Sat Jul 4 16:10:05 2009 : local IP address 90.130.200.117
Sat Jul 4 16:10:05 2009 : remote IP address 10.64.64.64
Sat Jul 4 16:10:05 2009 : primary DNS address 130.244.127.161
Sat Jul 4 16:10:05 2009 : secondary DNS address 130.244.127.169
And knowing that tele2s APN was mobileinternet.tele2.se I tried to use a custom configuration with:
APN: mobileinternet.tele2.se
User: <blank>
Pass: <blank>
DNS #1 and #2 as above.
So far so good, I could connect, I got a new IP. My log says:
un Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : ipcp: returning Configure-NAK
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfNak id=0x0 <addr 0.0.0.0>]
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x3 <addr 90.130.237.92> <ms-dns1 130.244.127.161> <ms-dns3 130.244.127.169>]
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x4 <addr 90.130.237.92> <ms-dns1 130.244.127.161> <ms-dns3 130.244.127.169>]
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1]
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : ipcp: returning Configure-ACK
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1]
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x4 <addr 90.130.237.92> <ms-dns1 130.244.127.161> <ms-dns3 130.244.127.169>]
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : ipcp: up
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : Could not determine remote IP address: defaulting to 10.64.64.64
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : local IP address 90.130.237.92
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : remote IP address 10.64.64.64
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : primary DNS address 130.244.127.161
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : secondary DNS address 130.244.127.169
You can see the above call for IP:
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x3 <addr 90.130.237.92> <ms-dns1 130.244.127.161> <ms-dns3 130.244.127.169>]
Sun Jul 5 15:17:49 2009 : sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x4 <addr 90.130.237.92> <ms-dns1 130.244.127.161> <ms-dns3 130.244.127.169>
Which seems to work much better now, using a fixed DNS. But since I prefer to use OS X native (no third party applications - specially those who cost 80EUR) I opened my Huwaei network settings and added the DNS manually as well. So far so good.
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