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> I'm not sure here (but someone will point if I'm mistaken), but ppp |
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> init script is intend to bring up adsl based connections, while you |
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> need a dialler to connect dial-up, back in the days I had dial-up I |
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> used minicom, and later kppp to handle this... In fact, you need to |
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> set your device (usually /dev/modem) and use a program to dial using |
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> that modem, this will create the ppp0 interface for you, and also |
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> (most of them) will set is as the default route. Any server with |
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> dial-up has configurations, and that's what your ISP have in their |
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> script, you just find them out and put the same config at your dialer. |
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Thanks Daniel, I'm really strung out here. I do have the net.ppp0 |
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interface now. Maybe I just need to emerge and utilize minicom? How |
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can I do that when all I have is a Gentoo system that can't get online |
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and an XP system that can dial up? |
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- Grant |
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> On 7/6/05, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Hello! My Dell Inspiron 1000 laptop is reported to have a working |
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> > winmodem with Slackware here: |
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> > |
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> > http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/dell.html -> |
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> > http://www.angelfire.com/linux/t_johnson/ |
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> > |
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> > According to the article, the modem's driver can be built into the kernel via: |
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> > |
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> > Sound -> |
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> > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture -> |
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> > PCI Devices -> |
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> > Intel/SiS/nVidia/AMD MC97 Modem (EXPERIMENTAL) |
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> > |
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> > I have ppp_generic and ppp_async built as modules and autoloaded. I |
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> > have slmodem emerged, but is that necessary with the kernel driver? I |
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> > have net-dialup/ppp-2.4.2-r10 emerged like this: |
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> > |
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> > -activefilter |
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> > -atm |
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> > -dhcp |
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> > -ipv6 |
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> > -mppe-mppc |
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> > +pam |
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> > |
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> > When I try to '/etc/init.d/net.ppp0 start' I get: |
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> > |
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> > * Bringing ppp0 up ... |
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> > SIOCDELRT: No such process [ ok ] |
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> > |
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> > but I don't hear any dialing and subsequent ping attempts just say |
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> > "unknown host". Also, a subsequent '/etc/init.d/net.ppp0 stop' says: |
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> > |
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> > * Bringing ppp0 down ... |
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> > * Interface seems to be down already [ ok ] |
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> > |
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> > I can get rid of the 'SIOCDELRT: No such process' error if I change to: |
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> > |
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> > DEFROUTE="no" |
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> > |
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> > in '/etc/conf.d/net.ppp0'. That option is defined as "Must pppd set |
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> > the default route?". |
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> > Lastly, I need to use a special script that my ISP (GlobalDialUp.com) |
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> > provides. How can I incorporate that? |
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> > |
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> > If I can get this working my troubles will be over! |
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> > |
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> > - Grant |
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