Bigpond Driver For Mac

1. Bigpond Driver For Mac Os

This summarises the basics of getting online with Bigpond ADSL. It's divided into a number of sections. This FAQ does not cover anything other than a basic, direct connection to Telstra ADSL. If you are using Routers or third-party connection applications, refer to FAQs and information posted elsewhere. Feedback, suggestions and questions welcome. Please contact the author.

Telstra Bigpond connection via Sierra aircard 880U The modem still dials up as it is supposed to, but I cannot access any web pages (or do anything else on the internet). The modem is flashing as it is supposed to.

This FAQ is based largely on an earlier FAQ provided by iLuxo II. This version wikied by Engines and Chrisp during May/June 2005.

The original FAQ is. Contents. Make sure you have the following items:. A compatible Macintosh computer. ADSL modem. Ethernet or USB cable, depending on how you will connect (ethernet preferred).

Telstra broadband username and password. Enternet Software, only required for Mac OS 9.2.2 or earlier.

For Mac OS X users, you will need access to an administrative username and password (if your account does not have administrative privileges) Antivirus/Security/Firewall software: If you are using Mac OS 8.6-9.2, you will be installing software (Enternet). You should disable Antivirus and other security software before you begin the installation. After you have ADSL working, re-enable any software right away!

Turn on your firewall software, and any other security or anti-virus applications you may have disabled to install ADSL. A firewall is built into Mac OS X and is controlled using the Sharing pane of System Preferences. Note: Typically, your computer is ‘pinged’ or targeted within a few minutes of going online. Network security software (a firewall or similar) is highly recommended. Once you have ADSL on one Mac, you can then do other things: like share the internet connection (OS X or later) or implement a hardware router.

Note that, if you ever need to call Bigpond Technical support, Telstra will only provide support for computers directly connected to your ADSL modem. At this time, Telstra only officially support Mac OS 8.6 to 10.2. Telstra will only officially support Mac OS 8.6 to 10.2. It's worth remembering this if you need to call them! (As at June 2005 they may now support Panther, 10.3) Apple provide a number of updates for their operating systems. These can generally be downloaded and installed as required. Updates are available from.

In general:. Stick with Mac OS 8.6 if you don't want to upgrade to OS 9. If you’re running an earlier version of Mac OS 8, consider upgrading to 8.6.

Mac OS 9 can be upgraded to OS 9.1 or 9.2.2. Not all models running OS 9 can be upgraded to 9.2; in which case the upgrade to 9.1 is recommended.

Mac OS 9.1 is the most recent OS for some models. It is preferred to 9.0. Mac OS 9.2.2 was the last (and generally most stable) operating system before OS X was released.

It’s a free upgrade for any Mac OS 9 system and is generally recommended, if supported by your model. If running an early version of OS X, then you can upgrade to Mac OS 10.2.8 free of charge. Of course, that's a lot of downloads, so maybe it's worth-while getting ADSL operational first!. Mac OS 10.2.8 generally is said to have far few problems than earlier versions of Mac OS X. If running Panther (Mac OS 10.3) or later, then 10.3.9 currently the latest version.

This FAQ should be fine for Tiger (OS X 10.4.x), TBC. 3.1.1 Connect your modem to the power and phone line. 3.1.2 Connect your modem to the ethernet or USB port (depending on what sort of modem you have). (Refer point 4.5 in this FAQ.) 3.1.2 Find and insert the CD supplied by Telstra. 3.1.4 The CD should auto-launch the installer. If not, start the installer manually.

3.1.5 Complete the installation then reboot the Macintosh. 3.1.6 Launch the Enternet application. 3.1.7 Choose the TCP/IP item from the Protocol menu. This actually opens the TCP/IP control panel, which can also be opened via Control Panels menu in the Apple menu. 3.1.8 Select Configurations from the File menu.

This will probably show a default configuration, but better still make a new one and call it Bigpond ADSL, and make it the active configuration. 3.1.9 Configure the TCP/IP control panel: This has a number of fields and pop-up menus for you to fill in. Set the ‘Connect via’ menu to ‘Ethernet’. Set the ‘Connect via’ menu to ‘Using PPP Server’. Set the Name Server Addresses as follows:.

Enter 1.2.3.4 as the first value. Then enter the DNS Values according to what state you are in. Note: As of mid-2004, Telstra have discontinued the use of DNS and other login servers ending in.13 or.16. Enter your Additional Search Domains according to what state you are in. See (in the section labelled Domain suffix search order). Click the ‘Options’ button. Make sure ‘Load Only When Needed’ is OFF and ‘Active’ is ON.

Close the TCP/IP Control Panel. Make sure any changes are saved and the selected configuration is applied immediately, There is no need to reboot. 3.1.10 Open the Enternet application:.

Set the Connect Via menu to 'Ethernet'. Enter your username: This should look like myusername@bigpond note: If you have a static IP account, your username will be myusername@static.bigpond. See 4.11 Static and Dynamic ADSL: what's the difference and how do I login?. Enter your password.

Press Connect. It should show CONNECTED to. You should now be online. Mac OS X users do not need to install any special software, as PPPoE is included with OS X.

Configuration details are quite similar to those shown in the Windows XP FAQ on the Bigpond website. Older versions of OS X (10.0-10.1.x) may need to have an issue that affects connection resolved. See 3.3 (below) and 4.6 How do I change the MTU setting for early versions of OS X? 3.2.1 Connect your modem to the power and phone line. 3.2.2 Connect your modem to the ethernet or USB port (depending on what sort of modem you have). (See 4.5 below) This FAQ assumes you are using Ethernet to connect to your modem. If you are using USB, you may need to install drivers for your ADSL modem.

Refer to your modem’s documentation and any software that came with it. The steps below are for Mac OS X 10.3.3 and later, and should be similar to earlier versions of Mac OS X.

WhiM the author if this is not the case. 3.2.3 Open the Network pane in System Preferences. In the Show: menu at the top of the pane, choose the network port (connection type) that corresponds to your ADSL modem. In this example, it is Built-in Ethernet. Note: you can have different PPPoE and TCP/IP settings for each port. You may have lots of ports: Built-in ethernet, additional ethernet cards, internal modem, Bluetooth, Airport, Firewire, as well as any USB connections to ADSL modems.

3.2.3 Click the PPPoE tab 3.2.4 Configure your PPPoE settings:. Tick ‘Connect using PPPoE’. Enter a useful name for the service provider, such as ‘Bigpond ADSL’. Enter myusername@bigpond on Account Name (where myusername is the user name provided to you by Telstra. Note: If you have a static IP account, your Account Name will be username@static.bigpond. See 4.11 Static and Dynamic ADSL: what's the difference and how do I login?.

Enter your password. Leave the PPPoE service name blank. Tick ‘Save Password’ if desired. By ticking this, everyone on your computer can access the internet without entering a password. Click ‘PPPoE Options’ and make the necessary settings (see below). Tick ‘Show PPPoE status in menu bar’, if desired, for a handy little menu at the top right of your display. 3.2.5 Configure PPPoE options.

This is from the previous point. Choose the options that suit you.

For maximum automation of your connection, set as follows:. Tick ‘Connect automatically when needed’.

Clear the option to prompt to maintain the connection. Clear the ‘Disconnect every x minutes’. Disconnect when user logs out. Fairly self-explanatory. Advanced options. Leave at default (Send PPP echo packets is ticked, Use verbose logging is clear).

3.2.6 When you have finished configuring PPPoE, click Apply Now. 3.2.7 Configure TCP/IP. Click the TCP/IP tab in the Network pane of System Preferences. Set ‘Configure’ to Using PPP. Then enter the DNS Values according to what state you are in. Note: As of mid-2004, Telstra have discontinued the use of DNS and other login servers ending in.13 or.16.

Enter your Additional Search Domains according to what state you are in. See (in the section labelled Domain suffix search order). Your IP address, Subnet Mask and Router values will be provided by your PPPoE connection. 3.2.8 Click Apply Now to save these changes.

You should now be online. This applies to Mac OS 10.1.1, 10.1.2 and 10.2.1.

As far as the author knows, it does not apply to 10.2.6 and 10.2.8. It certainly does not apply to 10.3 or later. There is a bug in some these releases of OSX concerning the MTU setting.

This affects Bigpond ADSL usage. Typically, you could connect and log in, but browsing any complex web pages would hang the browser. With emails, you could send short text messages (a few words) but any sizeable email ( 1500 characters) or an attachment would fail to be sent.

One (highly recommended!) solution is to update to a compatible version of OS X: 10.2.8 or 10.3 or later. Alternatively, apply the fix shown in 4.6. There are many excellent guides to basic networking terms, acronyms and standards.

Here’s a few terms used in this FAQ. PPPoE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. PPPoE relies on two other standards: PPP and Ethernet. This is the type of connection used by Bigpond ADSL. PPPoA Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM. Another common type of DSL connection provided by many ISPs. ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode.

A standard for network communications. ISP Internet Service Provider. For Bigpond ADSL customers, your ISP would be Telstra. DSL Digital Subscriber Line. A common way to provide internet connections using media that includes standard telephone cabling (as in the wiring from your telephone exchange to your home phone). There are many ‘flavours’ of DSL.

ADSL Asynchronous DSL. A DSL standard that provides a different rates for downloading and uploading data on an internet connection. Used by Telstra for their Bigpond ADSL service. TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

The underlying network protocol for the internet and the most common for local area networks. DNS Domain Name Server. A computer that resolves internet names into their corresponding network address. You cannot use the internet without one!

Telstra provide DNS servers for their customers. DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.

A way for network devices to get their network address details from the network they belong to. Your address on the internet is assigned by a Telstra DHCP server. WhiM Whirlpool Messaging. How you can contact the author. A feature of Whirlpool.

Do I need to install any extra software to use Bigpond ADSL with OS X? However, let me take this opportunity to say that decent (third-party) anti-virus software is always recommended. And make sure your Macintosh uses some form of Firewall when using Broadband, especially if it is directly connected to your modem. Mac OS X comes with a built-in Firewall, controlled in the Sharing pane of System Preferences.

Mac OS 9 and earlier does not come with built-in Firewall option. Afterthought (added 18 August 2004): Viruses (and trojans and spyware) that affect Mac OS are quite rare. Viruses that affect Microsoft Office for Mac OS X are far more common, (these affect PC and Mac versions of Microsoft office, because they use Microsoft Visual Basic). However, if you share files with PC users, or work in a mixed environment, then Mac OS AV software will also detect PC viruses and deal with them. This helps prevent the embarrassment of you unknowingly sending infected files to others! This is for specific older versions of OS X (10.1.1-10.2.1), and fixes the issue discussed in 3.3 above. A better solution for many users is to upgrade to Mac OS 10.2.8 or later.

To make the MTU setting permanent: Log in using your administrator account. Start Terminal and enter the following command: sudo pico /etc/ppp/ip-up This will create the file /etc/ppp/ip-up. You now need to type the following into this file: #!/bin/sh /sbin/ifconfig ppp0 mtu 1492 Save the file and exit pico. Next you need to make the file executable. Do this by typing the following command: sudo chmod 755 /etc/ppp/ip-up Now activate your PPPoE connection (reboot and start your internet connection) and run ifconfig ppp0 from a terminal to check your mtu size.

It should be set to 1492. If you are interested in why this works, it is described in the pppd man page. (Essentially the pppd process will execute a file called /etc/ppp/ip-up every time you make a ppp/pppoe connection.

You just need to tell it what to do!). This is beyond the normal scope of this FAQ.

However: This question applies mainly if you are configuring routers or third party software to connect to Bigpond ADSL. As a rule (for recently released routers), you should not need to enter any values for the authentication or login servers, as these are picked up by your router via DHCP. It may be worthwhile checking with the router manufacturer for updated firmware, which can improve your connection to Bigpond ADSL. In some cases, users have reported benefits when they enter a value such as sm-server or similar; but the exact details and benefits are not confirmed. Note that Telstra changed their login and authentication servers in early 2004.

Any IP address ending in.13 or.16 should not be used, and may provide very unreliable results. Look elsewhere on Whirlpool for answers and information on this topic.

Incoming mail server (POP): mail.bigpond.com This is where email addressed to your bigpond mail account are sent (that is, the account setting required to receive mail sent to ) Outgoing mail server (SMTP): mail.bigpond.com This is the account setting to send all outgoing mail. Note that in many cases, Telstra have closed Port 25, which means you may not be able to send mail via other servers. Refer to the Bigpond website and threads in the Whirlpool Bigpond forum for further information on this. Proxy server: No proxy server settings should be set. Bigpond does not provide a proxy server. So make sure you have not set any proxy servers in Safari, Internet Explorer, other browsers or the Proxies tab in the Network system preference.

You can log onto the Telstra website and check your usage. Alternatively, there are third-party applications that can monitor your usage constantly. One which has just been updated is called Launch! It works under OS X and for anyone using Telstra Broadband ADSL, Satellite, and Cable (if you're not using the Launch! Cable application). Current information for Launch!

Usage Meter. Requires Mac OS X. Launch!

Usage Meter, version 3.4 (as at June 2004). Author: Jamie Curmi. Donation-ware.

Monitors current unrated usage. Can alert you if you go over your limit. Information and download: THIS LINK DOES NOT WORK. Summary For normal (dynamic) ADSL, during installation you enter myusername@bigpond as the Account Name or username. If you have static ADSL, during installation you enter myusername@static.bigpond as the Account Name or username. More information In early 2004, Bigpond offered ADSL customers the opportunity to have a static IP address.

Until then, all ADSL customers had a dynamic IP address: their address on the internet changed every so often, courtesy of the ADSL DHCP server which allocates network information to your modem. Both options are available, and someone who has applied to Telstra for a static IP on their ADSL service can also use the normal dynamic address system. The cost of the static IP address, for existing ADSL customers, is an additional $10 per month, as at June 2004.

Refer to the Bigpond website for information on gaining this service if desired. If you are have a static IP address from Telstra, you do not configure the address in your modem, computer or router! Instead, when you configure the installation, your account name (or username for pre-OS X systems) changes to myusername@static.bigpond — instead of myusername@bigpond. The Telstra DHCP server will then give your computer your static IP address.

My apologies - and of course, you aren't being blunt. My Telstra/Bigpond USB wireless modem (Maxon - BP3 - dark blue) was working fine - until I upgraded to Snow Leopard. The modem is showing both lights glowing steadily, but the message from the software says 'Unable to detect NextG device'. As I said, everything was working fine until I upgraded to Snow Leopard. I have searched the forums, and I believe others may have compatibility issues too. Can someone help???

Bigpond Driver For Mac Os

There is no help on this one - have the same modem and was about to make the jump - i upgraded a macbook to snow leopard and killed my virgin broadband usb modem - (its still dead after upgrade to 10.6.1) so did a quick search on the maxon BP3 modem and discovered it would be dead if I upgraded to snow leopard on my Mums imac - so have held off until someone suggests a solution - shouldn't have to upgrade to a new modem as the one we have is only 12 months old.