On Fri Oct 08 1999 at 12:38, "Kirchner, Eric C." wrote:
>
> I appreciate all the responses I received from people.. One thing i dont
> understand, is this.. if i can communicate with the modem ok, it appears
> that i connect (via the sounds from the speaker), is that possible
> opperation of a win modem... I havent had a chance to look at the a detailed
> log file to see what is happening.. I assume that if i had a 'standard'
> modem that a typical ppp connection is as straightforward as setting my
> login name and password.. like windows... as far as the purchase of a new
> modem (if need be) does anyone have a suggestion... I would like 56k with
> little cost (since rumor has it the fcc dropped their ban on the 56k speed
> limit...), even the 34k area would be fine if its cheap..
Ok, if you don't have a loose-modem...
LOOK at the log files. In fact, do this:
$ cat >> /etc/syslog.conf
kern.*;local2.* /var/log/messages
kern.*;local2.*;*.* /dev/tty12
^D
$ killall -HUP syslogd
(This appends to the syslogd config file, the Ctrl-D stops the
appending. The HUP signal to syslogd restarts it. Now you have all
your syslogs going to tty12, use Ctrl-LeftAlt-F12 to see them).
To get the ppp login/password stuff happening, you need to add to do
this:
$ /usr/sbin/pppd name myname
and have an name/password entry in /etc/ppp/{chap,pap}-secrets for
"myname".
There are much more elegant ways to do it with the "call" parameter to
pppd, but that's the guts of it.
Ctrl-LeftAlt-F12 will quickly become your friend.
Cheers
Tony
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