I'm trying to setup Bering 1.0 rc3 to use ppp for the external net through an internal serial modem.
The main problem appears to be that Bering does not recognize the modem on startup. I'm hoping someone can point out the [obvious] step I'm overlooking. Symptoms/Behavior: On startup, Bering detects and configures eth0 (internal iface) just fine. /var/log/syslog reports that ttyS00 and ttyS03 both exist (these are on the motherboard). However, it does NOT detect the internal modem: SupraExpress 288i (ISA). Am I just being stupid, and missing a module or some module options? (I tried generic-serial.o, with no options, but it didn't help). Some other things I have tried: (1) Since ttyS03 exists, I connected an old Hayes 14.4 external modem to it, and configured pppd for demand dialing, following the instructions in the "Serial Modem Configuration" section of the Bering User's Guide. This works [mostly] fine. Bering sees the old clunker, and dials when it needs to (e.g., "ping www.yahoo.com" from the fw or loc); net access from loc seems to work (albeit very S-L-O-W-L-Y :-) The only problem with this setup (besides the speed) is that the modem won't hangup. On inactivity, pppd terminates the link, but the modem remains off hook; subsequent external access (which would normally cause pppd to dial again) fail. I'm not worried about this yet, as this external modem is only for troubleshooting. (2) RH 7.1 on the same box DOES recognize the internal modem. /var/log/messages shows ttyS01 using port 0x02f8 and irq 3. RH reports "serial driver 5.02", and isapnp detects a "SupraExpress 288i PnP Voice Modem". I configured pppd under RH to use /dev/ttyS1 -- with the same options & script as (1) above, except for the device -- and it works fine. RH pppd dials when it needs to, and hangs up on idle. Redials when needed with no problem. >From this I conclude that the internal modem should work with Bering, if I can find the right module(s), or options, or tools (do I need "isapnp"?) But I'm not sure what to try next. Which log or conf file dumps would help? (I hesitate to attach large amounts of superfluous data). Thanks. -- Thom Brooke. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
