> Koustubha Kale wrote: > >> I have a Tata Indicom VDATA PCMCIA card for internet access when out of > >> office. > >> Is it possible to use this with Fedora core 6? Any pointers please. > > >I have used the Huawei EC321 data card on FC6.x86_64. Setting it up > >using wvdial was a breeze. If you want, I can provide you the wvdial > >settings that I used. > > I got it working with wvdial. Also got the modprobe to do it automagically as > described in the blog. Just one problem I have a default gateway since I use > the laptop at office too. wvdial/pppd does not put in a default route for the > new connection. I tried the defaultroute option in the /etc/ppp/options and > /etc/ppp/peers/wvdial files but no avail. Can u tell me a tric by which I can > have the defaultroute inserted when i connect with wvdial and my office route > put back when i disconnect? >
>a simple way could be through a shell script, which takes down the >office route, runs wvdial & sets it back when you kill it.. > >on another note..is there any tool for logging ppp traffic volume?.. >since its importatnt to keep a track of how much data transfered, to >keep within limits, i know kppp does that. I made a script to kill the office route. I would like to know how to get the remote gateway ip from inside the script and also how to trap the kill so i can take action like removing the remote route and putting back office route. Regards KK ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
