Shiva, On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 08:42:08PM +0530, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote: > Hello Sanjeev > > After pppd, it still did not work > > Could it be because the untar process created a ppp folder within > /etc/ppp ? The files were untarred into /etc/ppp/ppp > > I moved the /etc/ppp folder to somewhere in the home directory and > then untarred the ppp.tar folder in /etc This is correct.
> > Now the /etc/ppp folder shows the various file names, but after pppd, >. it still does not work. Can you please post the output that you get when you start pppd ? (Also, please post the command that you use). Thanks and regards, Sanjeev. > > shiva. > > On 12/1/08, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <isolatedn at gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > -- > 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
