Hi
First thanks very much for that current & succinct instructions. It cleared
up a lot of issues.
I am still having problems though. I have it down to no errors except a
"unknown option echo" message when diald comes up but I added the reference
in init.d & that works.
Diald runs and seems to run the conf file - it creates Tap0 and sets a
default route through it, though there is still a default route through eth0
as well.
If I try to ping or ftp to a site nothing happens including no error
messages.
Any thoughts?
TIA
Lazarus Long wrote:
> List fellow members:
>
> This is a slightly edited post I'm resending since this problem seems
> arising over and over so here it goes again (Edward, I'm taking your
> suggestion in consideration, but I think it needs more work to become a
> Web page).
>
> First I think that the problem arises with RedHat 6.0 and based
> distributions, which lack a good stock /etc/conf.modules. I myself only
> noted the situation by accident since I normally use Debian based
> distributions and the earlier versions of RedHat didn't seem to have
> this problem.
>
> Here goes the stuff:
>
> First I'll assume you have pppd configured RedHat style and that it is
> built as modules and that the ethertap device and af_packet are also
> built as modules.
>
> Now, start by issuing the following as root "tail -f /var/log/messages
> >/dev/tty12&" to get a easy way to see what is going on with pppd and
> diald (you must replace /var/log/messages with your syslog file - look
> at /etc/syslog.conf - if your distributioin isn't RedHat style). This
> step is not essential but eases error trapping and can be stopped with
> "killall tail".
>
> Start pppd the usual way, maybe "ifup ppp0", and take a look at console
> 12 with [ALT]-[F12].
>
> If you find any reference to "ppp-compress-21", "ppp-compress-24" or
> "ppp-compress-26" not being found just edit /etc/conf.modules and add
> the following lines:
>
> ...
> # PPP compress modules
> alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
> alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
> alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
> ...
>
> It is time to get diald.
>
> Join http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/DByName.html and get
> diald-0.99.1-2.i386.rpm and diald-config-0.16.5a-1.i386.rpm (don't get
> fooled by version numbers, diald-config-1.2.1-1.noarch.rpm is older).
> By the way if you get
> ftp://rufus.w3.org/pub/rpmfind/rpmfind-rh6-1.2-1.i386.rpm you can use
> it to fetch, check for and upgrade rpm packages.
>
> Now here we have to take some care. The above is true for RedHat 6.0
> and based distributions. If yours is older you _must_ use a diald
> version compiled against the libraries used on your system.
> If in doubt issue "ls /lib/libc.so*" and compare the result with the
> needed libraries found on the corresponding diald version Web page. You
> can always get the source code and compile it yourself on your system,
> but this is a quick receipt not a lengthy explanation.
>
> Install diald with "rpm -Uhv diald-0.99.1-2.i386.rpm" and diald-config
> with "rpm -Uhv diald-config-0.16.5a-1.i386.rpm".
>
> OK, here we can go two ways, either edit /etc/rc.d/init.d/diald and add
> "-f /etc/diald/diald.conf" to the line that starts diald, or create a
> /etc/diald.conf that points to the /etc/diald/ directory (I prefer the
> second method so I run "echo include /etc/diald/diald.conf
> >/etc/diald.conf" and then do a "chmod 700 /etc/diald.conf").
>
> Now it is time to customise the /etc/diald/diald.conf file, since it
> was built with version 0.16.5a in mind.
>
> Edit /etc/diald/diald.conf and comment out "pppd-options name pppanex
> :" since it won't be likely to be the name you use to access your ISP
> (if you use PAP or CHAP don't comment it, replace it with the name you
> use to access your ISP), and "up-delay 5" since it seems deprecated.
> Also uncomment the "include /etc/diald/phone.filter" line and comment
> the "accept any 480 any" since it would give a very long wait time for
> the line to go down. Now it is a good time to take a look at "man
> diald" and find if you would like to add any new options.
>
> Check out /etc/ppp/options and remove any references to the commands
> indicated in diald man page, for instance "lock" (if you still want to
> connect directly with "if-up ppp0" add any commands you removed from
> /etc/ppp/options to the corresponding
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 file).
>
> Next we must edit our connect script /etc/diald/connect to meet our
> needs. Almost all possible options are well commented so just take a
> look at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0 for the correct
> answers to put in the file. Here goes an extra for PAP or CHAP, add to
> either /etc/ppp/pap-secrets or /etc/ppp/chap-secrets "username *
> password" with username and password replaced with the correct values,
> set "pppd-options user username" in /etc/diald/diald.conf also with
> username replaced with the correct value and leave USER_NAME empty in
> the /etc/diald/connect script.
>
> All done. Let's cross our fingers and start the diald daemon with
> "/etc/rc.d/init.d/diald restart". Now switch to the console 12 with
> [ALT]-[F12].
>
> Trap errors, like for instance chat errors and, if any, try to find out
> what did you mistype in the connect script.
>
> If your system is configured as I assumed on the first line you will
> have two fatal errors both module related, so any reference to
> tap0-tap15 devices and module net-pf-17 not found are, I believe, due
> to a poor RedHat 6.0 stock /etc/conf.modules file. Let's fix it:
>
> Add to /etc/conf.modules the following
>
> ...
> # tap device configuration
> alias tap0 ethertap
> options tap0 -o tap0 unit=0
> alias tap1 ethertap
> options tap1 -o tap1 unit=1
> alias tap2 ethertap
> options tap2 -o tap2 unit=2
> alias tap3 ethertap
> options tap3 -o tap3 unit=3
> alias tap4 ethertap
> options tap4 -o tap4 unit=4
> alias tap5 ethertap
> options tap5 -o tap5 unit=5
> alias tap6 ethertap
> options tap6 -o tap6 unit=6
> alias tap7 ethertap
> options tap7 -o tap7 unit=7
> alias tap8 ethertap
> options tap8 -o tap8 unit=8
> alias tap9 ethertap
> options tap9 -o tap9 unit=9
> alias tap10 ethertap
> options tap10 -o tap10 unit=10
> alias tap11 ethertap
> options tap11 -o tap11 unit=11
> alias tap12 ethertap
> options tap12 -o tap12 unit=12
> alias tap13 ethertap
> options tap13 -o tap13 unit=13
> alias tap14 ethertap
> options tap14 -o tap14 unit=14
> alias tap15 ethertap
> options tap15 -o tap15 unit=15
>
> alias net-pf-17 af_packet # Needed for diald
> ...
>
> And create the tap devices with the corresponding "mknod /dev/tap* c 36
> NN" command (NN starts at 16 for tap0 and goes incremented by 1 until
> 31 for tap15). You don't need to create all tap devices but I recommend
> at least one more than those you know you'll need just to stay on the
> safe side.
>
> Now start again the diald daemon and check console 12 for errors. If
> any that you can't fix just drop a copy of the relevant part of your
> syslog file on the list, and we'll try to help.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
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