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- PPPsetup.v.1.98 by Kent Robotti <robotti@erols.com> (2/22/98)
-
- This README and the lsm file are included in pppsetup-1.98.tar.gz.
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-
- PPPsetup is a bash shell script to help you in creating a chat script, for
- establising a PPP connection to a internet service provider.
-
- There's support in pppsetup for creating pap, chap, ms-chap, and callback
- scripts, as well as the standard chat scripts, i have no experience with
- callback or ms-chap, so that part of pppsetup is likely to be incorrect
- or less than correct, you should get a recent version off chat and pppd
- for callback and or ms-chap support, ppp-2.3.3 or later.
-
- Most if not all versions of 'pppd' that come with linux distributions
- will not have 'ms-chap' or 'callback' support, if you require 'ms-chap'
- or 'callback' support you usally have to compile the ppp-2.?.? package
- yourself and include support for them.
-
- MS-CHAP is commonly used by windows NT RAS servers...
-
- To establish a PPP connection, you need to have networking and
- ppp support compiled in your kernel or as a module.
-
- Most if not all linux distributions will have ppp in the kernel
- or as a module.
-
- ~# dmesg | grep -i ppp <-To see if you have ppp compiled in the kernel.)
- PPP: version 2.?.? <-You should see this.)
-
- Or if you have ppp compiled as a module you should have this.
-
- /lib/modules/kernel-version/net/ppp.o
- /lib/modules/kernel-version/net/slhc.o
-
- ~# depmod -a
- # modprobe slhc
- # modprobe ppp
-
- You also need the programs 'pppd' & 'chat' on your system.
- These will be part of any linux distribution in the ppp-2.?.? package.
-
- ~# man pppd
- # man chat
-
- PPPsetup-1.86 includes a compiled elf version of the program 'chat'
- from ppp-2.3.3.
-
- Put the program 'chat' that comes with pppsetup in the /usr/sbin
- directory.
-
- If you have 'chat' from ppp-2.3.3 or later, there's no need to install
- the one with pppsetup.
-
- You also need the 'dialog' program on your system.
-
- ~# dialog <-To see if you have 'dialog' on your system.)
- command not found <-You don't have it.)
-
- You can get a compiled elf version of 'dialog' from:
-
- ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti "dialog-0.9a.ELF.tar.gz"
-
- You can put pppsetup in /usr/sbin usr/bin etc.
-
- There's a script called 'ppp-off' included with pppsetup, you should
- put it in the /usr/sbin directory.
-
- There's also a ppp-compile.txt included with pppsetup,
- it gives you guidance in compiling ppp-2.?.?.
-
- ~# pppsetup <-Create chat script to make the PPP connection.)
-
- Just answer the questions and take a look at /etc/ppp/pppsetup.txt when
- you're done.
-
- ~# ppp-go <-Make PPP connection, print messages to screen.)
- ~# ppp-go -q <-Make PPP connection, do not print messages to screen.)
-
- ~# ppp-off <-To end the ppp0 connection.)
- # ppp-off ppp1 <-If it were on ppp1 etc.)
-
- Now see if you're connected.
-
- ~# ftp lynx etc.
- # ping foo.boo.com <-Ping your internet service provider.)
- # whois or fwhois foo.boo.com
-
- Or from X windows in a xterm...
-
- ~# startx
- # ppp-go
- # netscape etc.
-
- You can run 'ifconfig' anytime to see if you're PPP connected.
-
- ~# ifconfig
-
- ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
- inet addr:105.207.127.86 P-t-P:205.252.116.61 Mask:255.0.0.0
-
- PPP-2.3.0 and later has a demand dialing option, you can use it this way,
- the options file for demand dialing will be /etc/ppp/options.demand.
-
- Start ppp-go -d, pppd will just stay in the background until you try
- to connect to some site, then pppd will dial your service provider and
- make the ppp connection.
-
- ~# ppp-go -d <-Start pppd this way for demand dialing.)
- # <-It should drop you back to #.)
-
- ~# ftp ftp.funet.fi <-Pppd will start dialing.)
- # lynx http://www.foo.com etc. <-Pppd will start dialing.)
- # fetchmail <-Pppd will start dialing etc.)
- # ppp-off -d <-To end and restart demand connection.)
- # ppp-off ppp1 -d <-If it were on ppp1 etc.)
-
- Use 'ppp-off' to terminate pppd, use 'ppp-off -d' to terminate and
- restart pppd in demand dialing mode.
-
- Usally if you add W1 or S95=46 to the modem init string the modem will
- give the DCE = CARRIER speed when you connect, look at your modem
- manual to see what command will make your modem report the DCE =
- CARRIER speed.
-
- Examples: AT&FW1 AT&FS95=46
-
- If you're having a problem making the ppp connection, look at the
- /var/log/messages and or debug file for the output from pppd and
- chat.
-
- If you want to remove the contents of the /var/log/messages
- and or debug files, because they're getting to big.
-
- ~# ppp-go -r
-
- When 'chat' sends the modem init string that's in /etc/ppp/pppscript
- to your modem you should get OK from the modem, if you don't get OK
- then maybe you need to change the init string.
-
- AT&FW1H0 <-Modem init string.)
- OK
-
- Linux has no support for Winmodems, if you have one of these you
- won't be able to use it on linux.
-
- Linux does support (p)lug (n) (p)lay modems, but you may need help
- from 'isapnptools' to get your pnp modem working properly on linux.
-
- You can get a compiled elf version of isapnptools from here.
- It's staticly linked so it should work on a libc5 or libc6
- linux elf system.
-
- ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/doslinux/modules
- isapnptools-1.13.tar.gz
-
- Do this below to install it on your system, it's packed relative to /,
- so don't forget the / at the end.
-
- ~# tar xzvfC isapnptools-1.13.tar.gz /
-
- This is the first thing you have to do.
-
- ~# pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
-
- Take a look at /etc/isapnp.conf to see if your pnp modem was found, and
- what IRQ etc. it was found on.
-
- ~# man isapnp <-Man pages for the isapnptools package.)
- # man isapnp.conf <-You have to read this to know how to configure
- # man pnpdump the /etc/isapnp.conf file.
-
- ~# isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf <-After you configuresd the /etc/isapnp.conf
- file.)
-
- Usally when you boot your system the setserial script
- /etc/rc.d/rc.serial is run and your modem is recognized
- by setserial.
-
- The script "rc.serial" may be called something else and or be in
- another directory, it depends on what linux system you have i.e.
- slackware redhat debian etc.
-
- Run setserial for your modem to see if it's detected correctly, because
- if setserial can't detect your modem correctly then nothing will.
-
- I don't have a pnp modem so there was no problem getting it detected
- correctly by setserial, i have a 28.8 modem on /dev/cua1 which
- /dev/modem is a symbolic link to.
-
- ~# setserial -v /dev/modem auto_irq skip_test autoconfig
-
- /dev/modem, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
-
- There's a option in the pppsetup script for speeds higher than
- 115200 for the modem, but usually pppd only supports speeds as
- high as 115200, some patched versions of pppd will support higher
- speeds, if you don't have such a version of pppd don't chose a
- speed higher than 115200.
-
- If you get this message when you start pppd "speed ? not supported",
- your version of pppd only supports modem speeds as high as 115200,
- put 115200 or less in the /etc/ppp/options file.
-
- ppp-2.3.3 or later supports higher speeds i.e. 230400 and 460800.
-
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- You can get the latest version of ppp from the home site of ppp.
-
- ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp <-Home site.)
-
- ppp-2.3.3.tar.gz etc.
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- You don't really need the latest version of ppp, the one you have on your
- system should be fine, but if you do get and compile the latest version
- of ppp, you'll have to compile your kernel source in /usr/src/linux also,
- or at least the ppp module part.
-
- See the ppp-compile.txt for guidance in compiling ppp as a module.
-
- You may also want to get and read these docs.
-
- ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO "PPP-HOWTO"
- ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/faqs/PPP-FAQ "PPP-FAQ"
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