Re: pppd

[Matt Thompson <mattyt@oz.net>]

I forgot to mention that i'm running a full hamm install. (i also have a
full bo install on a separate partition, which where i'm sending and
receiving mail currently.)

matty

> Matt Thompson wrote:
> > 
> > I just upgraded, using dselect, to pppd 2.2.3, and now pon doesn't work.
> > It overwrote my /etc/ppp.chatscript file and deleted my
> > /etc/ppp.options_out file.  I reinstated them, and that didn't help.
> 
> Hmm, not good, something should ask first before doing such things.
> 
> If you use PAP to login to your ISP then it's simply;
> 
> root@b:/var/src# cat /etc/ppp.options_out
> defaultroute /dev/modem 38400 persist
> 
> root@b:/var/src# cat /etc/ppp.chatscript
> ABORT        BUSY
> ABORT        "NO CARRIER"
> ABORT        VOICE
> ABORT        "NO DIALTONE"
> ""           ATDT55649511
> CONNECT      "" 
> 
> with the right ph num of course. If you don't do a PAP login
> then you need to supply the right login password sequence and
> to get that (again?) use minicom to dial in manually and eyeball
> the procedure. Make sure your (if PAP) pap-secrets file has
> your "login  *  password" and "chmod 600 pap-secrets" whilst
> root. "tail -f /var/log/daemon.log" really helps to see what
> is going down.
> 
> This is my main options file;
> 
> root@b:/var/src# cat /etc/ppp/options
> connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp.motd"
> defaultroute
> /dev/modem
> 38400
> persist
> user markc
> debug 
> 
> I use a couple of different dial in points so I edit the above
> file and change the "motd" to whatever other /etc/ppp.* file
> I may have.
> 
> Do a "ls -l /dev/modem" and see what yours points to, it must
> be a soft link to the actual /dev/ttyS? line that you use.
> 
> Look in /etc/init.d/ppp to change the start-up stuff to get
> it to do the right thing after booting.
> 
> G'luck :-)
> 
> --
> markc@motd.com (+617 55275724)
> 
> 


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