On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 12:34, Brad Kowalczyk wrote: > I tried using linuxconf to settup my ppp (as per a ppp howto) but it > still does not work and now my system hangs on bootup while trying to > bring up the ppp0 interface. I'm affraid I'm wasting everyones time with > this, I really dont seem to know what it is I am doing wrong. Thanks for > the help and suggestions anyhow.
Can you be a bit more specific about what's going on? You start kppp, hit "dial" or whatever it is, then the modem goes burble burble burble, then what? So kppp is a wrapper around expect (a simple scripting language for automating tasks) and pppd. kppp will make the call, use expect (or some expect work-alike) to enter your login info then pass the connection over to pppd which is the program that gives you the interface that linux communicates through (by way of some kernel modules I believe). Now, if your modem is staying connected, and there's no pppd entry when you check it, I'd say it's pretty likely that there was no pppd entry to begin with. Let's try doing this the old fashioned way and see how far you get. Do all this as root with any ethernet cables etc disconnected : Fire up minicom, ensure that it's configured to talk to your modem. Run the standard modem tests (ati3 etc). Dial into your ISP (atdt<their number>) (modem will go burble burble burble) log in with your username and password. At this point you should see a tilde and a bunch of random characters on your screen. That's what ppp looks like. Exit minicom *without* dropping the connection (it's "exit without reset" or "quit" or something). run "pppd /dev/modem debug". Replace /dev/modem with your modem device. You may need to specify a speed and such. Look through "man pppd" to see what options you can use. Also, the "debug" will dump some info into a logfile somewhere -- worth checking out. Give it a few seconds to handshake, then you should be able to see ppp0 in ifconfig. Try pinging the other point in your connection. Once you get that far, we can start looking at automating that and tweaking the options a little. This way you get to see every step as it's happening and you should be able to identify where the problem is occurring. HTH James. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
