Koyote wrote:
> I *am* having problems getting up to speed with getting on
> line. The whole thing is a total bog down. I have printed a bunch of
> HOWTO's, tried to follow the instructions of my ISP (http:// (spaces
> inserted to defeat windoze)
> support.paonline.com/support/OTHER/LINUX.HTM) and just haven't gotten
> anywhere. I'm trying to build a map to see what is doing what to what-
> haven't gotten very far. Can someone help me with a *complete* lit of
> all files I need to modify- with formats and such, what to put into
> scripts to get coinected, and whatever?
Don't setup ppp with a script as a first attempt. Its simply too hard to
do right. (and too poorly documented).
Try GUI frontends to pppd, like ezppp (it has some excellent
documentation), kppp (derived from ezppp, but much better by now, but
the howto in ezppp got lost on the way), wvdial (asks for phonenumber,
username & passwd, and works the rest out for itself).
Which distribution are you running? Slackware? SuSE, Redhat and Debian
all handle ppp setup better that slackware.
setting ppp up the hard way - some things to check
1) The modem permissions - either add your user to the modem group
(giving you access rights) or make the modem world readable and
writeable ("chmod 666 /dev/modem" AFAIK) Check the permissions with "ls
-l /dev/modem"
2) That pppd is executable, with the correct permissions. see ezppp docs
for details. Slackware has pppd in an odd location I think, with the
normal location having a script to run pppd.
3) /etc/ppp/pap-secrets is correct (if PAP authentication is used - it
usually is)
# Secrets for authentication using PAP
# client server secret IP addresses
"george.russell" * "passwd"
This was setup by the Redhat tool netcfg. Basically add username, server
(not needed I guess), the password, and IP addresses (not needed.)
4) /etc/resolv.conf for your ISP's nameservers (DNS servers)
search
nameserver 195.8.69.7
nameserver 195.8.69.12
5) /etc/ppp/options should exist, but usually should be empty ( and
especially not have "lock" in it)
6) It does help to have the modem device point to the right serial port.
/dev/modem is a link to another device. use "file /dev/modem" to find
out where.
Writing the dial script is left for you to do ( I don't know how,
either)
HTH
George Russell
--
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them,
In the Land of Mordor where the shadows lie.
