Andy Croft wrote:
> Dear sir Madam i have just set up a purchased full copy of
> linux mandrake as a dual boot with windows 98 on my home
> computer. I would like to set it up so i can use the internet
> through my BT ignition ISDN terminal adapter. I can not work
> out any way of connecting the terminal adapter and configuring
> it to run through the netscape browser. could you please send
> me a dummies guide as how best to connect to the internet using
> my ISDN TA. thank you regards Andrew Croft BSc (Hons) 20
> Hammond Close
> Thatcham
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Welcome to linux,
I have a Motorola BitSurfer Pro ISDN modem and I treat it just
like a regular modem through the kppp dialer in KDE.
You need to know that the serial ports are numbered differently
in linux than in Windoz com1 is ttyS0, com2 is ttyS1 etc. If
you use the kppp dialer and enter the setup sevtion it really is
quite simple. there are a few gotcha's though. you'll probably
need to add an argument of "novj" (no quotes). Also make sure
that under kppp => Setup => New/Edit => DNS that the "Disable
existing DNS Servers" selection is NOT checked, and that under
kppp => Setup => New/Edit => Gateway the "Default Gatway
selection" and the "Assign default route to this gateway"
ARE BOTH selected.
Now there are two files which need to be edited
The first is /etc/rc.d/rc.local and you'll need to add the line
setserial /dev/ttyS<x> spd_vhi
replace <x> with the port number (ttyS0, ttyS1..)
The second is /etc/resolve.conf it needs to contain the correct
DNS information for your ISP. Should look something like this
search <domain_name>
nameserver <IP>
nameserver <IP>
Substitute your values for domain and IP
There are a few other items to check but these are USUALLY the
offenders. Good luck and let us know if it doesn't work.
Joe Gardner
