I have the same problem. I am struggling to get PPP and diald working. I
have gone through the docs etc. The problem is that I am new to
administering a Unix system.
I would GREATLY appreciate any help....
Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: Russell Rademacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 11:17 AM
Subject: Diald Installation and Setup
> Hello guys.
>
> It seems it is little frustrating here on getting good answers on
> trying to get the diald working. So... how about someone giving me a step
by
> step on their setup to get the diald working and the copies of the files
> related to it so I can just edit the phone number and the device setting
so I
> can see if it works here.
>
> Basically...what I am looking for is this. I have Slip, PPP and
diald
> installed along with ethernet card in it. I am planning to have MASQ
working
> after the diald part is set.
>
> The pon setting is working fine and it works great. It does
connect
> and disconnect using ttyS1 for the modem. What I need to know is how to
make
> it work using the dynamic IP allocation by using the box itself and by the
> network by diald. So.... I appreciate if someone give me complete set of
files
> that you have that make yours work including the files in the /etc and
> /etc/diald section that is related to diald. That includes the IP
addressing,
> network settings and the setup relating to it like hosts, hosts.conf,
> resolv.conf and ifconfig settings. One of those areas are what making it
not
> work properly as it should.
>
> Some people have said about remote and local IP address setting
and
> such, but it is not exactly clear. So. I appreciate it if someone
actually
> make a tarball of all files that is related to it so I can study it and
make a
> few changes to it like the phone number and the device setting and then
let me
> try it from there. Then it should show me what is going wrong with what I
did
> in the first place. I really need to get this working and finished today.
>
> Thanks and hope to hear some replies on this so maybe... a new
update
> on the diald documentations/FAQ might be in order to make this problems
from
> coming up again with successfull manual PPP connection.
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> Date: 19-Apr-99 Time:11:05:29
> Russell Rademacher
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