6. General configuration
Please choose the tab 'General'
in kcmkisdn,

The first thing that needs to be
entered is the 'D Channel Protocol' which is usually Euro-ISDN (EDSS1).
Only very few, old connections use the obsolete, national 1TR6.
Please enter your local area number in the 'Prefix' field including the
leading '0' if you are using EDSS1 or your complete phone number if you
are using 1TR6.
Depending on what D channel protocol you have chosen you now need to enter
one of the MSN that you were given by your telecommunication company for
both 'MSN for data connections' and 'MSN for voice connections' (for EDSS1
- they may be equal), or if you are using 1TR6 you must enter an EAZ.
If kISDN's telephone works, you
can now be reached under the second MSN ('MSN for voice connections');
if not, at least the call signalization will work (you just won't be able
to accept the call).
Using the field below you must specify the complete path to the ipppd
daemon. You may either enter it manually or us the '...' button
to open a dialog (filebrowser) that will make it easier to locate the
path. It can also be used to verify the path. The ipppd daemon
is almost always located in either /sbin or /usr/sbin.
Use the checkbox 'Allow all users to notice incoming calls' to do just
that. If you do not check this box, no user will be able to use
this feature. You can then give access to selected users in Account/Users.
The settings made by the administrator have priority over user made ones:
if root forbids 'users to notice incoming calls' not a single
can notice or accept calls (this is completely independent from the internet
settings !). If root allows usage of this feature, it is up to
the user to decide whether or not he(she) wants to use it.
Advanced will open another dialog,

The checkbox Disable BSD compression
can deactivate the compression of SyncPPP data packets. This might be
necessary for some providers to get a stable connection.
In case of errors, Increase debugging level can increase ipppd's
debugging level can be increased to get more useful information.
Errors produced by the HiSax module which is part of the kernel may be
easier to detect by increasing the Kernel Debugging Level. Attention:
Great values (maximum: 7) equal a high amount of output - your machine
might be kept busy printing kernel messages.
The second part of the dialog,

allows setting the maximum reception
unit (MRU) as well as the maximum transmission unit (MTU) in bytes; '0'
is the default setting. The tab 'Charge information' is self explanatory.
7. HiSax Configuration
One of kISDN's most useful
features is the automatic loading of the HiSax driver module; all you
will have to do is supplying the modprobe parameters (which the
regular user might find to be somewhat cryptic). To make use of this feature,
all you need to do is to enable the 'Load driver as a module' tab:

The given example shows the configuration
for an Elsa Quickstep 1000 ISDN adapter.
The path to the modprobe command is preset and usually correct.
Press '...' to verify this setting; if you find the path to be incorrect,
correct it in any case, since kISDN won't be able to load
the hardware driver if you don't.
Under 'ISDN adapter type' you can choose the used card type; if your card
is not listed, you won't be able to use this kISDN feature (see
Appendix B).
After choosing your ISDN adapter, you are asked to fill out the relevant
parameters (white), that are needed to operate your card (the remaining
(unneeded) fields are inactive).
Supply the 'I/O base addresses', 'IRQ' and 'Membase' if asked for. If
you don't know these parameters, read Appendix C.
Back
to the overview
T.
Westheider, Ch. Demmer, Ch. Zander / January 8 1999 - kISDN Release 0.8.0
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