On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 20:00, Tim Ford wrote: > Tim Ford wrote: > > > Brian Parish wrote: > > > >> On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 19:14, Tim Ford wrote: > >> > >>> Ok, i have configured the bpalogin.conf and ran chmod on bpalogin > >>> (though every reboot/relogin it reverts... but anyway). > >>> > >>> Now i ran what you said through the command line - > >>> /usr/sbin/bpalogin -c /etc/bpalogin.conf > >>> > >>> now i ran that, nothing happened in the terminal except a new line > >>> appearing, however i was able to connect to the internet for a > >>> limited time. after about 1 minute it stopped working (story of my > >>> life), and i attribute that to the heartbeat problem. is that correct? > >>> > >>> so i opened up firestarter, and gave it permission to allow the port > >>> 5050 from the qld (my state) inital ip address. > >>> > >>> however, it kept refusing my connection, so i will reboot in a sec > >>> and attempt again. > >>> > >>> two things puzzled me - 1. I run bpalogin from nautilis, and nothing > >>> happens at all. > >>> 2. No confirmation or anything appears when i do the above bpalogin > >>> command from the terminal. > >>> > >>> on a side note, linuxconf is configured correctly in that - my 3 ip > >>> addresses are for the qld servers, and my domain name is > >>> qld.bigpond.net.au. > >>> > >>> is there anything i haven;t done that still doesn't allow me to have > >>> a continuous connection, or have i done something wrong, or am i > >>> asking the wrong people and there is a how-to to setup this. > >>> > >>> any help would be appreciated. > >>> > >> Sounds like you are nearly there. In the config file there is a line > >> commented out by default that reads: > >> > >> localport 5050 > >> > >> Have you uncommented this? If not, the port can be random I think. > >> > >> Just running bpalogin as root should make it run as a daemon. In fact > >> it will probably already have set itself up like this and be running > >> when you reboot. Any messages will end up in your syslog. Try: > >> > >> tail /var/log/messages > >> > >> and you should see something about bpalogin there. bpalogin will > >> relogin whenever the connection times out, so that should be all you > >> require. > >> > >> HTH > >> Brian > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to > >> http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > Actually, scrap that last message (ARRRGGGGHH!!). I obviously didn't > wait the full 5 mins before firing that email off. I still have my > internet disconnect after 5 mins. I've opened up everything i think in > firestarter, the localport is uncommented, and i still get kicked off. > And i tried reconnecting, and i cannot. I know im probably annoying, but > im trying everything i know and can do, and it still not giving me > proper connectivity. Do you know a way to ensure im not killed by the > hearbeat? > Hmmm. I can't think of anything I did that you haven't. First time I connected one of these I used the newsgroup to find out about bpalogin. That might be your best bet. I think if you follow the support links on Telstra's bigpond pages you will find a reference to the lists there. There was at least one specifically on bigpond cable access from linux.
If I think of anything else I'll post again. Let us know the resolution. I'll probably hit the same problem with my next customer! Brian
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