Hi,
RedHat won't support it. A lot of web pages warn against the difficulty
of getting PCI/WinModems going on Linux. But I am soooo close to getting
dialup networking (wvdial/pppd) on my Compaq Presario 1800T laptop
running RedHat Linux 6.2.
If any of you can help point me in the right direction, I would be very
grateful. ;-)
And if anyone can refer me to a good place where I can share my experience
about getting this all going, I would be happy to document it and send it
along.
THE PROBLEM:
> wvdial
Makes the call to my ISP through /dev/ttyS14, gets a carrier, logs in,
and starts pppd. Behind the scenes, pppd is invoked this way.
/usr/sbin/pppd modem crtscts defaultroute usehostname -detach user idc
noipdefault remotename * call wvdial
It seems like I am connected to the internet!
But when I try to do something, I obviously am not. ;-(
> ping 207.235.5.159
connect: Network is unreachable
It seems like I am so close, but I just can't get over this bump.
I might think that PPP was working fine, but that I just need to configure
some other features of the networking, but then I see this message in
the /var/log/messages (from syslogd) file.
/var/log/messages:
Jul 29 08:07:12 raven pppd[895]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
Jul 29 08:07:12 raven kernel: bug: kernel timer added twice at c80a5d19.
If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would be very grateful.
Details of configuration and diagnostics follow.
Thanks,
Stephen
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HARDWARE/SOFTWARE:
Compaq Presario 1800T laptop, 650 MHz Pentium III, 18GB disk, 128MB RAM
Lucent 56K V.90 PCI DF Modem (internal on the motherboard)
RedHat Linux 6.2
ltmodem.o Lucent modem driver (kernel module) from
http://www.linuxvoodoo.org/drivers/cards/modems/beta/linmodembetaconfirm-2.h
tml
> uname -a
Linux raven 2.2.14-5.0 #1 Tue Mar 7 21:07:39 EST 2000 i686 unknown
> pppd --version
pppd version 2.3.11
CONFIGURATION:
/etc/syslog.conf:
daemon.* /var/log/ppp.log
/etc/ppp/options:
lock
noauth
debug
kdebug 7
/etc/wvdial.conf:
[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyS14
Baud = 115200
Init1 = ATZ
SetVolume = 1
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0
Dial Command = ATDT
Init4 = ATM1L1
Phone = 404-654-1350
Username = idc
Password = mypassword
New PPPD = true
DIAGNOSTICS:
> wvdial
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.41
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Sending: ATM1L1
ATM1L1
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT 404-654-1350
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT 404-654-1350
CONNECT 46666 V42bis
--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
Welcome to Mindspring Dialup Service
arc-18a.atl2 login:
--> Looks like a login prompt.
--> Sending: idc
idc
Password:
--> Looks like a password prompt.
--> Sending: (password)
Packet mode enabled: [7f]}#@!}!}!}
}8}!}$}%\}"}&[7f][7f][7f][7f]}%}&J[05]7[13]}'}"}(}"n}+~
--> PPP negotiation detected.
--> Starting pppd at Sat Jul 29 08:05:20 2000
/var/log/messages:
Jul 29 08:07:12 raven pppd[895]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
Jul 29 08:07:12 raven kernel: bug: kernel timer added twice at c80a5d19.
/var/log/ppp.log:
Jul 29 08:07:12 raven pppd[895]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
> route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
> ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
# Hmmm. It seems like my system is not recognizing that I have any other
# network interface (ppp0) other than "lo" (localhost loopback).
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