Hi Jhun,
Yes, Red Hat supports ppp very well, similar to that offered by Windows RAS,
but with many more granular options.
1) install mgetty and ppp from your linux distribition
2) add the following entries in /etc/inittab (this assumes two modems - on
ttyS0 (com1) and ttyS1 (com2)
d1:345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS0 > /dev/nul
d2:345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS1 > /dev/nul
this will respawn mgetty if it dies.
3) edit /etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config -- this should be the only line
concerning AutoPPP (remember it is case sensitive -- AutoPPP)
/AutoPPP/ - dialin /usr/sbin/pppd file /etc/ppp/dialin-options
this line tells mgetty to execute the ppp daemon with options cotained in
/etc/ppp/dialin-options
4) create /etc/ppp/dialin-options
+chap
asyncmap 0
10.1.1.254:10.1.1.1
ipcp-accept-remote
#ipcp-accept-local
ipparam dialin
linkname dialin
#kdebug 7
#debug
logfile /var/log/ppp.dialin
ms-dns 172.16.3.9
ms-wins 172.16.3.9
these are my options, some are remarked out, and you'll need to decide which
ones you want and change ip addresses accordingly. check out the man page
for pppd, it has all the options listed with their various meanings.
5) edit /etc/modules.conf and add the lines
alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic
alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
this should get the compression scheme right with the kernel screaming.
6) edit /etc/ppp/chap-secrets to include the usernames and passwords of
dialin users. note that chap is more secure than pap -- my configuration
includes only support for chap (the chap+) in dialin options.
Reboot and give it a try.
Voila!
Cheers
Christopher CUSE
RHCE/CCNA
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Subject: setting dial-in server
Hi,
I'm planning of putting up a dial-in server in our office. My purpose for
this is for me to be able to dial-up to that server and be
connected to our server. Just like RAS. Anybody here that guide me on how
to set it up? I was planning of using Redhat 8.0.
TIA
Jhun Bacala
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