Dear T,
I don't know whether this will help, but I've never bothered with any of the
built in linux ppp connection ulities since I tried them but could never get
them to work. I've used a small commandline program called eznet to
connect. After compiling it (it comes as c code) and setting permissions
(which is easy) its as simple as entering my username, phone number, a name
to call the connection and password and pressing enter. You can set mru and
lots of other options have multiple connections etc if you need to. Its
command line driven but adding a menu for it in your favourite window
manager is simple. It has clear instructions on its web page and can
produce a troubleshootng log. Typing ping <ip address of provider> in term
will tell you whether you are connected as well. NB. On my redhat 5.2 box
eznet worked but I discovered I had no /etc/resolv.conf file RH hadn't
installed it. Once I copied this over from my suse system it was fine.
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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: working ppp on 5.1, not on 6.0 (??)
>Date: Wed, Jan 5, 2000, 4:11 pm
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>
> ****EXTREME NEWBIE ALERT****
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> *sigh*
>
> Running RH 5.1 and everything was fine.. on a whim I decided to upgrade
>to 6.0. After making a few changes with fdisk I got 6.0 installed and
>running with gnome/enlightenment. I used the modem cofig tool to point out
>my modem and then used netcfg tool to set up ppp. This is where my problem
>started...under names I put in the hostname and the name of my isp,
>namesevers I put the isp addy, in the interfaces box I added ppp and input
>ph#, login and pass. I checked flow control, abort on well known errors,
>left line speed @ 115200, set defaultroute, restart on failed connection
>and mru of 1500. After saving this I tried to test the connection but it
>seems that the deck wasnt stacked in my favor. I hear the modem open the
>line, but it doesnt dial (this modem worked an hour ago under win95 and RH
>5.1) and seems to lock up for a bit. Also, and this problem frustrates me a
>little more, one or more of the changes I made to netcfg seem to have
>locked me out of gnome. None of my panel buttons work and from xterm (which
>I had access to until I closed it) gives me errors from the netcfg file
>starting at line 24. I am guessing that I messed up something when I put in
>host and domain names, but that is a real uneducated guess (it just seems
>like I've lost permission for everything). One other tidbit of info.. I was
>in as root making changes. I was under the impression that I had to be to
>setup ppp. The above steps are from memory/notes, if you need more info I
>can try to recreate the errors and mail to the list. What I am hoping for
>is that someone will see my error in the limited info above and tell me how
>to correct it or, if that is impossible I would like to know how to re-set
>the netcfg back to default values. Oh, re-installing in part, or in whole
>is an option I just dont want to do that until I check for other ways...
>can ya blame me ?
> Thanks in advance,
> T. Sprowl
>
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