> I currently use 'dip' to connect to my ISP, which I invoke manually
> when needed. I'm now interested in using diald to connect as and when
> necessary, but all of the examples I've seen seem to use 'chat', not
> 'dip'.
> Could somebody give me an idea of how to use my existing method of
> connection alongside 'diald' ? (Really simple will do, as I can trawl
> through the filters later)
>
> System is based upon Redhat 5.2 with kernel 2.0.36
Can I offer you instead the setup I use to connect to Demon? It uses PAP to
authenticate, because it makes logging in much quicker (IME). I have an ip-up
and ip-down script in /usr/local/lib/diald, and I put the dctrl fifo there,
but I've commented these out for you. Otherwise everything is where
diald-0.98-1 expects to find things in the default make.
Follows: /etc/diald.conf, /etc/demon-connect and /etc/ppp/pap-secrets. Note
that the last should be chmod 0600.
/etc/diald.conf:
# Bearcave standard diald configuration
#
device /dev/modem
lock
speed 115200
modem
crtscts
# Timeouts and retry limits
connect-timeout 90
retry-count 0
died-retry-count 0
dial-fail-limit 4
redial-timeout 5
# Diald 0.98+ settings
scheduler other
priority -2
# Demon-specific coniguration.
#
local 194.222.88.187 # Your Demon IP
remote 158.152.1.222
mode ppp
defaultroute
connect /etc/demon-connect
pppd-options debug user bear-cave
accounting-log /var/log/diald/calls
pidfile diald.demon.pid
# Line up and down scripts
# ip-up /usr/local/lib/diald/ip-up
# ip-down /usr/local/lib/diald/ip-down
# The command fifo. There's a link to this
# in /etc/diald so dctrl will find it.
# fifo /usr/local/lib/diald/diald.ctl
# Diald 0.98+ settings
linkname Demon
linkdesc Demon and the big wide world
include /usr/lib/diald/standard.filter
/etc/demon-connect:
#!/bin/sh
#
# This script is hacked from an example provided with the most excellent
# diald.
# Configuration parameters
# The initialization string for your modem
# MODEM_INIT="ATZL0&C1&D2%C0"
MODEM_INIT="ATZ"
MODEM_INIT2="ATM0L0&C1&D2%C0W2"
# The phone number to dial
# PHONE_NUMBER="08452120666" # Scottish Telecom
# PHONE_NUMBER="01491509666" # Local Energis access
PHONE_NUMBER="08450798666" # Energis, good for k56 for me
# The chat command. chat -v logs the chatting to the syslog.
CHAT="chat -v"
# CHAT="chat"
# Pass a message on to diald and the system logs.
function message () {
[ $FIFO ] && echo "message $*" >$FIFO
logger -p local2.info -t connect "$*"
}
# Initialize the modem. Usually this just resets it.
message "Initializing Modem"
$CHAT TIMEOUT 5 "" $MODEM_INIT TIMEOUT 45 OK "\c"
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
message "Failed to initialize modem"
exit 1
fi
$CHAT TIMEOUT 5 "" $MODEM_INIT2 TIMEOUT 45 OK "\c"
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
message "Failed to initialize modem(2)"
exit 1
fi
# Dial the remote system.
message "Dialing system"
$CHAT \
TIMEOUT 45 \
ABORT "NO CARRIER" \
ABORT BUSY \
ABORT "NO DIALTONE" \
ABORT ERROR \
"" ATDT$PHONE_NUMBER \
CONNECT "\c"
case $? in
0) message Connected;;
1) message "Chat Error"; exit 1;;
2) message "Chat Script Error"; exit 1;;
3) message "Chat Timeout"; exit 1;;
4) message "No Carrier"; exit 1;;
5) message "Busy"; exit 1;;
6) message "No DialTone"; exit 1;;
7) message "Modem Error"; exit 1;;
*)
esac
# Success!
message "Connection made"
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets:
# Secrets for authentication using PAP
# client server secret IP addresses
bear-cave * "password" *
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