On Tue, 22 Dec 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I exactly did all based on the "HOWTO-INSTALL-pppd-in-Linux" and
> you guys' suggestions. However, when I dial up from my home-computer
> (with windows-98) to my-office-server-machine(with RedHat 5.1) after
> the pppd installation, I found no response from the server-machine in
> my office.
>
> Is it possible that the HARD-connection leads these problems? I
> connected a modem(Practical Peripherals PM14400FXMT) to the server-
> machine through COM2 port. Is it wrong? or any configure-file for
> pppd-server to define these kind of HARD-conection?
Did you configure and test your serial port for shell logins first? See
the Serial-HOWTO. Note that COM2 = /dev/ttyS1 in Linux (ignore references
to /dev/cua devices; they are deprecated). Again, I highly recommend
installing and configuring mgetty on your modem line. The mgetty RPM is
included with RH5.1. Make sure that no other devices are using the same
IRQ (take a look at /proc/interrupts). Under DOS/Windows, sharing COM1/3
and COM2/4 IRQs is accepted practice, but not under Linux.
Only after you can dial into your linux box with a terminal program
(Hyperterm, Procomm, Telix, whatever) and login at the shell should you
proceed to PPP configuration.
Geof
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