Re: ppp setup problem-Solved

2004-05-22 Thread Ogya Chief
From: Iain Mac Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ppp setup problem Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 14:31:40 +0100 On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 13:00, Ogya Chief wrote: > > I will check the modem documentation to see what is required. > As an example here is the pertine

Re: ppp setup problem

2004-05-19 Thread Iain Mac Donald
On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 13:00, Ogya Chief wrote: > > I will check the modem documentation to see what is required. > As an example here is the pertinent line for one of my modems cat /etc/wvdial.conf | grep X3 Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 X3 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 But check your modem manual your settin

Re: ppp setup problem

2004-05-19 Thread John Hasler
David writes: > If you don't have a dial tone, nothing will dial out, it doesn't matter > what string you attach to it, you've got a dead line. We don't know where the OP is located. Some phone systems produce non-standard dialtones that are not recognized by some modems. BTW you do not have to

Re: ppp setup problem

2004-05-19 Thread Iain Mac Donald
On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 13:04, Katipo wrote: > If you don't have a dial tone, nothing will dial out, it doesn't matter > what string you attach to it, you've got a dead line. > You have to attend to that variable before you can go any further with > any sort of analysis. Not true! The dial tone

Re: ppp setup problem

2004-05-19 Thread Ogya Chief
That's a big clue. Try plugging a 'phone into your wall socket and try dialling out. Did you hear a dial tone? If that works try plugging in your modem again. If it still doesn't work are you using the correct cables? I did plug a phone into the phone socket of the modem and it worked. If your 'p

Re: ppp setup problem

2004-05-19 Thread Katipo
Iain Mac Donald wrote: On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 09:11, Ogya Chief wrote: It failed with the message "NO DIALTONE". I also tried with pppconfig and I got the same message. That's a big clue. Try plugging a 'phone into your wall socket and try dialling out. Did you hear a dial tone? If that w

Re: ppp setup problem

2004-05-19 Thread Iain Mac Donald
On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 09:11, Ogya Chief wrote: > It failed > with the message "NO DIALTONE". I also tried with pppconfig and I got the > same message. That's a big clue. Try plugging a 'phone into your wall socket and try dialling out. Did you hear a dial tone? If that works try plugging in you

Re: ppp setup problem

2004-05-19 Thread Ogya Chief
From: richard lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ppp setup problem Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 06:04:15 -0400 On Tuesday 18 May 2004 05:25, Ogya Chief wrote: > Dear All: > > Whilst trying to set up ppp, I ended up with a system that does not > connect to

Re: ppp setup problem

2004-05-18 Thread richard lyons
On Tuesday 18 May 2004 05:25, Ogya Chief wrote: > Dear All: > > Whilst trying to set up ppp, I ended up with a system that does not > connect to the net. Whatever option I use to connect, I get a > message that says: > > /usr/sbin/pppd: unknown host: (none) > > Has anybody ever come across th

Re: ppp Setup

2000-07-31 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 10:35:12PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > Try pppconfig (you must be root to configure it). Then add yourself to > > the "dip" group ('adduser dip'). > > You can do that in pppconfig now. Nice addition. (Haven't needed to change my config for months...) -- According to

Re: ppp Setup

2000-07-31 Thread John Hasler
> Try pppconfig (you must be root to configure it). Then add yourself to > the "dip" group ('adduser dip'). You can do that in pppconfig now. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: ppp Setup

2000-07-31 Thread John Hasler
Troy Telford writes: > Next, I was using the kppp,... That was your mistake. Run pppconfig as root, answer all the questions, and then use pon to start the connection and poff to stop it. If you require pointy-clicky, there are several GUI wrappers around pon and poff (gpppon, for example). If

Re: ppp Setup

2000-07-31 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 09:09:24PM -0600, Troy Telford wrote: > Having just tried to get ppp going on my linux box, I'm asking for a > little help. > I'm used to an ethernet connection to the internet, so ppp is new to > me... > > First off, I do have the ppp kernel module installed. > > Next, I

Re: PPP setup

1999-07-22 Thread Ray
On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 10:36:21AM +1000, Doug Young wrote: > Would someone please try to enlighten me on how I go about setting a > different subnet for ppp0 & eth0 ? For ppp it should go in the netmask statement should go in /etc/ppp/options.ttyS? You might want to make sure it's not being over

Re: ppp setup issues..

1998-05-10 Thread Gregory Guthrie
John, thanks, very useful. I hope this all finds it's way into a FAQ; (before it changes!). Greg Gregory Guthrie writes: > My system calls /etc/init.d/ppp, which seems to do the same general thing > as /usr/bin/pon. Right. init calls /etc/init.d/ppp which calls pppd with appropriate options.

Re: ppp setup issues..

1998-05-09 Thread john
Gregory Guthrie writes: > My system calls /etc/init.d/ppp, which seems to do the same general thing > as /usr/bin/pon. Right. > The sequence would be (??) calls ppp-on, it calls pppd,... init calls /etc/init.d/ppp which calls pppd with appropriate options. > ...which [automatically] consults pp

Re: ppp setup issues..

1998-05-09 Thread Gregory Guthrie
John, thanks for the information on ppp setup. At 11:01 PM 5/8/98 -0500, you wrote: >Gregory Guthrie writes: >> what is the relation of the /etc/ppp.options_out and >> /etc/ppp/options.ttyXX ? > >/etc/ppp.options_out is used by the 'pon' command and by init.d. >/etc/ppp/options.ttyXX is read by pp

Re: ppp setup issues..

1998-05-09 Thread john
Gregory Guthrie writes: > what is the relation of the /etc/ppp.options_out and > /etc/ppp/options.ttyXX ? /etc/ppp.options_out is used by the 'pon' command and by init.d. /etc/ppp/options.ttyXX is read by pppd when it is called with ttyXX as an argument. It usually is not needed. > I presume tha

Re: PPP setup (was: Questions from a future user)

1997-07-13 Thread Brandon Mitchell
> On Sun, 13 July 1997, Shaleh wrote: > > > What are Debian's pro's and con's? How hard is its PPP setup and how > > stable are its PPP connections. I will be using my box to dial an ISP > > and do school work. I just did a test install using the 1.3 official disk (from lsl). I took some notes

Re: PPP setup ...

1996-11-15 Thread Philippe Troin
On Wed, 13 Nov 1996 22:53:14 PST Kevin Scott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > With Slackware or Red Hat there are some files that don't appear in my > setup, has something been missed??? These files are rc.inet1 and rc.inet2 as > well as rc.serial. Is my system different or am I looking for