Sanjeev, Thanks. Will go back to my laptop and try again by starting pppd ( I assume that I have to type pppd in the shell prompt and then launch firefox.)
Shiva. On 12/1/08, Sanjeev <sanjeev.bagewadi at sun.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
