Sivasubramanian, Have you started pppd ? Looks like pppd is not started yet. After you copied (aka. untared) the files into /etc/ppp, you need to start pppd. This would now use the USB modem and dial out.
Regards, Sanjeev On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 03:07:08PM +0530, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote: > ifconf -a shows > > lo): flags=2001000849<UP, LOOPBACK, RUNNING, MUTLTICAST, IPv4, VIRTURAL, mtu > 8232 index 1 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmaks ff000000 > > etc > > svcs -a|grep sns shows > > disabled a5:06:32 svc: /network/dns/multicast:default > disabled server:default > disabled client:default > > Sivasubramanian M > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy < > isolatedn at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello > > > > With the ppp.tar.gz file in the /etc/ppp folder ( where there were already > > some files by default as in OS 2008.05 version), I did > > > > cd /etc/ppp > > gunzip ppp.tar.gz; > > tar xvf ppp.tar > > > > Restarted the computer after that and firefox did not work. Tried the tar > > xvf ppp.tar command again, but the terminal returned error messages as: > > > > ppp/ > > tarL ppp/options.ttya.tmpl: can not open: file exists > > ppp/options.tmpl > > tar: ppp/options.tmpl: can not open: file exists > > > > which indicates that the process of untarring the tar file was earlier > > successful. > > > > However, the ls /etc/ppp returned only the following: > > > > chap-secrets options.tmpl pap-secrets ppp > > myisp-chat.tmpl options.ttya.tmpl peers ppp.tar > > > > If everything is alright, do I have to feed in the Tata Indicom USB sim > > number or password (Is there a number or password ? ) somewhere in any of > > these files? > > > > Sivasubramanian Muthusamy > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy < > > isolatedn at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Dear Anil > >> > >> Thanks for the quick reply. Will try rightaway.. > >> > >> Shiva > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Anil Gulecha <anil.verve at > >> gmail.com>wrote: > >> > >>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy > >>> <isolatedn at gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > Hello Sanjeev Bagewadi /bosug, > >>> > > >>> > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Sanjeev Bagewadi < > >>> Sanjeev.Bagewadi at sun.com> > >>> > wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> Guys, > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> - Attached is the tar ball of /etc/ppp which has all the necessary > >>> files > >>> >> that are configured for TataIndicom CDMA USB Modem. > >>> >> You could just untar it into /etc/ppp and start using it. > >>> > > >>> > Can you please give me the exact command to type to untar the > >>> ppp.tar.gz > >>> > file in the /etc/ppp folder? > >>> > > >>> > >>> That would be > >>> cd /etc/ppp; > >>> gunzip ppp.tar.gz; > >>> tar xvf ppp.tar.gz; > >>> > >>> This is assuming the file is downloaded to /etc/ppp . if its in > >>> another folder, move it here after creating the directory (mkdir > >>> /etc/ppp) > >>> > >>> Anil > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> ug-bosug mailing list > >>> List-Unsubscribe: mailto:ug-bosug-unsubscribe at opensolaris.org > >>> List-Owner: mailto:ug-bosug-owner at opensolaris.org > >>> List-Archives: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=54 > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy > >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/sivasubramanianmuthusamy > >> http://www.circleid.com/members/3601/ > >> http://twitter.com/isocchennai > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Sivasubramanian Muthusamy > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/sivasubramanianmuthusamy > > http://www.circleid.com/members/3601/ > > http://twitter.com/isocchennai > > > > > > > -- > Sivasubramanian Muthusamy > http://www.linkedin.com/in/sivasubramanianmuthusamy > http://www.circleid.com/members/3601/ > http://twitter.com/isocchennai
