> I'm trying to set up my Ricochet SX modem on an Ascentia J laptop with
Ricochet used to be very easy but then they
changed ppp in the interests of security
and didn't document it well enough for us
beginners. Here's what finally worked
for me, after much gnashing to teeth and
pulling of hair. A pox on whoever changed
ppp, and wasted a few hours of my time
learning to adapt to his new maze. A lot
of this was random trial and error, so it
may make more experienced people laugh to
read it.
Here's my /etc/ppp/options:
call ricochet
noipdefault
ipcp-accept-local
ipcp-accept-remote
noauth
require-pap
refuse-chap
crtscts
lock
modem
asyncmap 0
mru 296
mtu 296
nodetach
remotename ricochet
noproxyarp
lcp-echo-interval 30
lcp-echo-failure 4
noipx
novj
novjccomp
And here's /etc/ppp/peers/ricochet:
ttyS0 # modem is connected to /dev/cua0
38400 # run the serial port at 38400 baud
crtscts # use hardware flow control
noauth # don't require the ISP to authenticate itself
defaultroute # use the ISP as our default route
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v '' att OK 'atd777*ppp' CONNECT"
This was necessary because noauth in the
options file was ignored.
