Comments on: Telkom ADSL in 7 days

By: Sav

Sav — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:34:15 +0000

Hope someone can help. I have just got online with Telkoms ads offer. I am trying to open up Port 7000 for a web based application I want to use that requires this port to be open. Can anyone help with instructions on how I go about doing that please?

Many thanks

By: Rachelle

Rachelle — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:58:14 +0000

hi there

I recently bought the airport extreme and seem to be struggling to get connected to the internet.

Previously we were using a standard ADSL modem with MWEB as the ISP .. no problems.

My understanding is that the airport extreme is the complete solution, that no additional modem is required. I’ve connected the cable via the splitter into the basestation, however no joy! I have setup the network using PPPoE etc.

Help?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:32:12 +0000

Hi. Hope someone can help. Please!
I just went through all the info regarding this article, but I’m still not sure what to do.
I had my Telkom ADSL line installed yesterday and I’m using their free modem.
The technician gave me a number to phone to get my username and password. I phoned and the lady guided me through getting the modem setup (10.0.0.2, admin, admin…)
Internet and email works fine, but as soon as I unplug the ethernet cable from my pc, the connection stops. I have a wireless network card in my pc and would like to connect wirelessly.
I also have an iMac which picks up the signal and connects to the network (which i named Home Network), but I can’t connect to the internet.
I would also like to connect to this network/internet on my ipad2 and iphone and don’t know where to start.
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

By: Ramos

Ramos — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:23:06 +0000

Hi Roger!
I am moving from a bush house to an area with ADSL. Why you recommend the 384 home line? Is it fast enough?

By: donna

donna — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:51:29 +0000

Hi ! Please help ! I am such a noob ! I want to get the internet at home … We have found a telkom line running into our house from the previous owners but is cut off inside. Is it possible to have this one connected you think ? Or will we have to fork out for a new line ? My hubby can do all the connecting inside. Any idea on costs now days ? I don’t want a phone only a net connection – do I have to still pay for a residential rental and a dsl rental ?? I want to use afrihost as a isp so am not interested in telkoms offers such as free installations / modems etc.

By: Roger Saner

Roger Saner — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:09:01 +0000

@Dee: congrats on setting everything up If your internet is all set up now, then you should have no problem skyping anyone.

By: Roger Saner

Roger Saner — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:56:35 +0000

@ted: once logged into the router, you have to configure it to connect to the internet – at some point you’ll have to put in your username/password for your ISP.

By: Dee Lesar

Dee Lesar — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:23:58 +0000

Hi Roger. I have laughed my way through your advice. You have a great easy way of giving it. Now I am not blonde but gray and not a young lady but a 61 year old granny and have been on adsl for a month. I wish I had kept a record of the hrs but I dealt with 14 technicians from Telkom the week I SET UP THE WHOLE THING MYSELF. To my amazement and this is the honest truth only i of those technicians was rude and unhelpful. Every one of them male and female were absolutely amazing took the time to explain sometimes more than once and I am now like a pro. So I have to say 100% for telkom internet services on this one. i am not going to apologise for being a woman. My 36 year old son thinks I’m awesome. Here is my question. When I was on dial up and on closer op 2 i skyped all over the world during callmore time. My webcam and modem etc are all correctly set up but I just cant get through to anyone. I take it there is now some secret i have missed or it is now going to be pay up! ! ! Help Thanks Dee

By: ted

ted — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:46:47 +0000

hi there i’ve managed to get my pc connected to my telkom duo plus 300s via the ethernet cable my problem however is my macbook. i’ve managed to connect it to the router via airport however i am unable to browse the internet etc. but i can configure the router (accessing via 10.0.0.2) any help would be greatly appreciated thanks!

By: Roger Saner

Roger Saner — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:35:45 +0000

@Peter, those Windows-only modem config cd’s are absolutely crap, IMHO. Which is ironic, since the only 3 things I’ve ever need to configure are:

1. My admin username and password for the router.
2. Turning on the wifi and giving it a password.
3. Putting in a username and password for my ISP.

I don’t think I’ve ever got one of those install cd’s to get these basic things working. The good news is, you can do it yourself, without needing Windows

But first, back to your Mac – you shouldn’t be connecting on your Mac to the internet using PPPoE – you should rather set your modem to be always connected to the internet, and then share that internet connection via the router’s Wifi. That also simplified the setup of new computers on your network – all they need is your wifi password and to set their IP addresses to be automatically assigned via DHCP.

So, time to go back to your modem and make sure that it’s connecting to the internet using a PPPoE connection…