Re: isdn question
Peter O. Fedichev [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello for some time we have to use ISDN connection as a permanent Internet connection for our server with a fixed IP address. Is there a simple way to configure ISDN so that it authomatically goes back online if the connection failed? thanks in avance for a help PF A combination of pppconfig and diald works fine for me. Set up ppp properly with pppconfig and see to that this setup works with pon and poff (as root). Then install diald. Personally I don't like the slip setup too much so I configure my kernel with tap enabled. (That is Network device support-Ethertap network tap (OBSOLETE) in my 2.4.2 kernel.) A warning though, I'm running Woody and I don't know how it works on Potato. Harald PS: Anyone knows how to run the Universal TUN/TAP device driver support in the 2.4 kernel? Not that I have tried, though..
isdn question
Hello for some time we have to use ISDN connection as a permanent Internet connection for our server with a fixed IP address. Is there a simple way to configure ISDN so that it authomatically goes back online if the connection failed? thanks in avance for a help PF
Re: isdn question
Peter O. Fedichev wrote: Hello for some time we have to use ISDN connection as a permanent Internet connection for our server with a fixed IP address. Is there a simple way to configure ISDN so that it authomatically goes back online if the connection failed? I think that you need DIALMODE=on in /etc/isdn/device.ippp0 -- Oliver Elphick[EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C Who is like Thee among the gods, O Lord? Who is like Thee, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders? Exodus 15:11
Re: isdn question
Oliver does this mean that the server goes online on reboot or I have to start isdn by hands? How to make the isdn connection to startup each time the computer is switched on (rebooted) and then mantains itself on line? thanks, P.F.
Re: isdn question
for some time we have to use ISDN connection as a permanent Internet connection for our server with a fixed IP address. Is there a simple way to configure ISDN so that it authomatically goes back online if the connection failed? You can setup isdn4linux with autodial everytime a packet is needed it makes a connection. Be sure not to use samba or windows in the same netgroup. That causes a lot of dial 's out for wins routing. Mark Lamers PF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ISDN question
Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: This doesn't say much to me. I've been using ISDN for 5 years, now, and to m e it's always been just another external modem - albeit a fast one that know when t o run at 64kb/s and when to run at 128kb/s. I've never seen or used any special ISDN utilities neither under 'doze or OS /2, just their plain old vanilla diallers for any Hayes compatible modem. So what exa ctly is it that isdnutils is going to give me? I'll use it if I have to, but I always l ike to understand the why, so please excuse my asking again. If you're using an external ISDN modem, you don't need isdnutils or any other ISDN tools, because your computer has no direct contact with the ISDN line. Isdnutils is needed if you have a PC card that connects directly to the ISDN line. -- Oliver Elphick[EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. James 1:12
ISDN question
I've noticed quite a few questions about ISDN recently, and I must admit I'm a bit confused. In my NT4 and OS/2 installations there is no difference between a normal modem and an ISDN one. I just tell the dialler program which serial port the modem is on, and set the port speed to max, and fill in all the AT strings to configure it to run as I want (single channel, dual channel, BOD, etc). What is the difference in Linux, and specifically, why is there a difference? -- Best regards, Peter Hugosson-Miller TAG name=windoze action=bash/tag begin:vcard n:Hugosson-Miller;Peter tel;fax:+468 676 5010 tel;home:+468 756 93 58 tel;work:+468 676 52 70 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:A href=http://www.im.se;IMG SRC=http://www.nasdaq.com/logos/IMIC.GIF ALT=Industri-Matematik International/A version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Software Development Specialist note:Private mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Personal Homepage: http://www.netg.se/~hugge/ adr;quoted-printable:;;Kungsgatan 12-14=0D=0ABox 7733;103 95 Stockholm;;;Sweden x-mozilla-cpt:;19328 fn:Peter Hugosson-Miller end:vcard
Re: ISDN question
Jens Luedicke wrote: What is the difference in Linux, and specifically, why is there a difference? Windoze can't handle ISDN cards directly, so you'll need to setup a little driver that emulates a modem, so you can work with all the AT commands. Windoze is dumb, and thats the reason ;-) Thanks, Jens, I'm sure we all agree with you there, but I don't think that's the reason here. I'm using an external ISDN modem, to be exact a ZyXel omni.net 128k ISDN TA modem. I get the feeling that any special handling of ISDN cards won't be of much help to me. Linux can handle ISDN cards directly, that means you don't need a driver that emulates a modem. If you want to use your ISDN card with Linux, you'll need a Linux Kernel with ISDN support. Is this the case with my setup? Or should I just pretend I'm using an ordinary AT command serial port modem, that just so happens to be running at 128k, instead of the usual 56k? That's how I'm running it under 'doze and OS/2. The most ISDN cards have a Siemens HiSax chip so you'll need to select the the HiSax driver. I'm running this driver as a kernel-module. Configuration = RTFM Additionally you'll need to get the isdnutils package. This package provides some ISDN specific tools and programs such as ipppd and isdnctrl. Configuration = RTFM Any of the above apply to my setup? -- Best regards, Peter Hugosson-Miller I'll give up Smalltalk when they pry the browser from my cold, dead fingers! begin:vcard n:Hugosson-Miller;Peter tel;cell:+46 708 797 753 tel;fax:+468 676 5010 tel;home:+468 511 793 38 tel;work:+468 676 5270 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:A href=http://www.im.se;IMG SRC=http://www.nasdaq.com/logos/IMIC.GIF ALT=Industri-Matematik International/A adr:;; version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Software Development Specialist note:Private mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Personal Homepage: http://www.netg.se/~hugge/ fn:Peter Hugosson-Miller end:vcard
Re: ISDN question
Jens Luedicke wrote: Additionally you'll need to get the isdnutils package. This package provides some ISDN specific tools and programs such as ipppd and isdnctrl. Configuration = RTFM Any of the above apply to my setup? at least you'll need the isdnutils package. I found the following on http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/net/isdnutils.html : Package: isdnutils 1:3.0-20 ISDN utilities This package includes all the utilities to get an ISDN system up and running. This package works best with a 2.0.36 kernel (or higher); in fact, preferably 2.2.14 or higher. This doesn't say much to me. I've been using ISDN for 5 years, now, and to me it's always been just another external modem - albeit a fast one that know when to run at 64kb/s and when to run at 128kb/s. I've never seen or used any special ISDN utilities neither under 'doze or OS/2, just their plain old vanilla diallers for any Hayes compatible modem. So what exactly is it that isdnutils is going to give me? I'll use it if I have to, but I always like to understand the why, so please excuse my asking again. -- Best regards, Peter Hugosson-Miller Faber est suae quisque fortunae. begin:vcard n:Hugosson-Miller;Peter tel;cell:+46 708 797 753 tel;fax:+468 676 5010 tel;home:+468 511 793 38 tel;work:+468 676 5270 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:A href=http://www.im.se;IMG SRC=http://www.nasdaq.com/logos/IMIC.GIF ALT=Industri-Matematik International/A adr:;; version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Software Development Specialist note:Private mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Personal Homepage: http://www.netg.se/~hugge/ fn:Peter Hugosson-Miller end:vcard
Re: ISDN question
On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 01:25:07AM +0200, Ron Rademaker wrote: A little more information would be nice... Wath ent (is going) wrong??? Sorry, if I wasn't precise. On my modem connection I do not have to worry about DNS setup. My /etc/resolv.conf is empty and /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0dns-up creates one once my connection is up and running by putting the DNS servers given by the provider in there. But with ISDN it simply does not work. I wonder if I have to do something special to get this going or if (maybe) the provider does not send the info. Checking your email adres I guess yoiur quite familair with linux / debian Yes, I am. But frankly I NEVER used ISDN. : SHAME ON YOU YOU DIDN'T GIVE ANY MORE INFO! No need to shout! You didn't give any specifics about what info you'd need either. Thanks anyway. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael@Fam-Meskes.De Go SF 49ers! Go Rhein Fire! Use Debian GNU/Linux! Use PostgreSQL!
Re: ISDN question
Sorry for the shouting, at the time I wrote it I was pretty drunk. When I was using ISDN I used the following script for both ip-up as ip-down, perhaps it can help you... #!/bin/sh /sbin/route del default /dev/null 21 /sbin/route add default netmask 0 Ron Rademaker On Sat, 20 May 2000, Michael Meskes wrote: On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 01:25:07AM +0200, Ron Rademaker wrote: A little more information would be nice... Wath ent (is going) wrong??? Sorry, if I wasn't precise. On my modem connection I do not have to worry about DNS setup. My /etc/resolv.conf is empty and /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0dns-up creates one once my connection is up and running by putting the DNS servers given by the provider in there. But with ISDN it simply does not work. I wonder if I have to do something special to get this going or if (maybe) the provider does not send the info. Checking your email adres I guess yoiur quite familair with linux / debian Yes, I am. But frankly I NEVER used ISDN. : SHAME ON YOU YOU DIDN'T GIVE ANY MORE INFO! No need to shout! You didn't give any specifics about what info you'd need either. Thanks anyway. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael@Fam-Meskes.De Go SF 49ers! Go Rhein Fire! Use Debian GNU/Linux! Use PostgreSQL!
ISDN question
We tried to set up a machine with ISDN that should automatically receiver DNS information from the provider. This worked well with an analog modem but failed with ISDN. Is there anything that needs special configuration? Michael P.S.: Please CC me on replies. -- Michael Meskes Michael@Fam-Meskes.De Go SF 49ers! Go Rhein Fire! Use Debian GNU/Linux! Use PostgreSQL!
Re: ISDN question
A little more information would be nice... Wath ent (is going) wrong??? Checking your email adres I guess yoiur quite familair with linux / debian : SHAME ON YOU YOU DIDN'T GIVE ANY MORE INFO! Ron Rademker On Fri, 19 May 2000, Michael Meskes wrote: We tried to set up a machine with ISDN that should automatically receiver DNS information from the provider. This worked well with an analog modem but failed with ISDN. Is there anything that needs special configuration? Michael P.S.: Please CC me on replies. -- Michael Meskes Michael@Fam-Meskes.De Go SF 49ers! Go Rhein Fire! Use Debian GNU/Linux! Use PostgreSQL! -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
ISDN question
I know that you can configure diald in a way that requests on certain ports cannot cause a connection to open or to remain open, but does anybody know how I can use this with ISDN (I guess ISDN uses ipppd to dial, not sure). Ron
Re: Modem/ISDN question
RF == Rene Feenstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: RF I got my analog modem working a few weeks ago but now i', trying RF to setup my isdn modem = Teles 16.3 I got it included in the RF kernel and i can see it installing well but when I try to call out RF with it with pon isdn ( my pon config for the card since i use pon RF for the analog modem) I get the errormessage : NO MSN/EAZ^M A Teles 16.3 is no modem, but a ISDN card. If you want to use the Modem emulation commands, you have to set the MSN (as you can see) and the mode of operation. ATemsn-heres14=3 sets the Modem to syncPPP, the most common needed Mode in Europe. without the s14=3, it does X75 operations. Alternatively, install the isdnutils package to configure your card as a net device (well, a ISDN card _is_ a netwerk card). Ciao, Martin
Modem/ISDN question
Hello I got my analog modem working a few weeks ago but now i', trying to setup my isdn modem = Teles 16.3 I got it included in the kernel and i can see it installing well but when I try to call out with it with pon isdn ( my pon config for the card since i use pon for the analog modem) I get the errormessage : NO MSN/EAZ^M Can someone please point m ein the right direction ?? Thanks Rene
reposting isdn question
Running Debian 2.0.34 and am having connection quality troubles using a 64K or 128K ISDN. I am in Europe and the dial-up server is in the US. I am running an external TA through the serial port. The connection establishes in about 5 seconds and I can pass traffic but at a slow rate (slower than a 28.8 connection). Ping works but consistantly looses every other reply. Very strange. Same results with a 128K conection as with a 64K connection. Can anyone offer any advice as to what to look for? I have lots of experience with PPP and analog modems on POTs but not ISDN. Is there anything different about a european ISDN connection as compared to a US ISDN line? If there is, what do you have to do to get a hybrid (different on each end) to work? TIA, L Baker
Re: ISDN question
Greg Vence wrote: G. Kapetanios wrote: Hi, I have the ooportunity to have an ISDN line instead of modem at my home. I was wondering whether having an ISDN connection is straighforward with debian ? there is a package in hamm called isdnutils. However, what I found on the net was a FAQ (rather old) for a package called isdn4linux. Are these the same ? Any ideas about a good external terminal adpter ? Any other manuals around ? Thanks very much for any help George It appears that the most popular configuration is to use ISDN routers on a network. This removes the need to work with an ISDN device and look at it as another Network address. I'm looking at the NetGear product for economy. Others seem to like Ascend, but they're significantly more. I have a SpellCaster card that I'm going to replace with a router... It is a little flakey. (I use it in Win95 linux). Of cousre USA ISDN != Other ISDN... I've been using an external Zyxel Omni TA 128U for two years now and it's performed flawlessly (in a business environment) day-in and day-out. I use diald to dial on-demand and just tell the TA to do Sync-to-async conversion, then the regular pppd does the rest. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ISDN question
Hi, I have the ooportunity to have an ISDN line instead of modem at my home. I was wondering whether having an ISDN connection is straighforward with debian ? there is a package in hamm called isdnutils. However, what I found on the net was a FAQ (rather old) for a package called isdn4linux. Are these the same ? Any ideas about a good external terminal adpter ? Any other manuals around ? Thanks very much for any help George --- George Kapetanios Churchill College Cambridge, CB3 0DSE-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] U.K. WWW: http://garfield.chu.cam.ac.uk/~gk205/work_info.html ---
Re: ISDN question
G. Kapetanios wrote: Hi, I have the ooportunity to have an ISDN line instead of modem at my home. I was wondering whether having an ISDN connection is straighforward with debian ? there is a package in hamm called isdnutils. However, what I found on the net was a FAQ (rather old) for a package called isdn4linux. Are these the same ? Any ideas about a good external terminal adpter ? Any other manuals around ? Thanks very much for any help George It appears that the most popular configuration is to use ISDN routers on a network. This removes the need to work with an ISDN device and look at it as another Network address. I'm looking at the NetGear product for economy. Others seem to like Ascend, but they're significantly more. I have a SpellCaster card that I'm going to replace with a router... It is a little flakey. (I use it in Win95 linux). Of cousre USA ISDN != Other ISDN... Enjoy -- Greg. -- What do you want to spend today? Debian GNU/Linux (Free for an UNLIMITED time) http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html Greg VenceKH2EA/4
Re: ISDN question
GK == G Kapetanios [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: GK I have the ooportunity to have an ISDN line instead of modem at my home. I GK was wondering whether having an ISDN connection is straighforward with GK debian ? Quite easy. GK there is a package in hamm called isdnutils. However, GK what I found on the net was a FAQ (rather old) for a package called GK isdn4linux. Are these the same ? Basically yes. GK Any ideas about a good external terminal GK adpter ? Any other manuals around ? isdn4linux and isdnutils are only needed for isdncards. If you buy a externel terminal adapter, you use it like a modem. You just tell them to use SyncPPP with a AT command. The Elsa TQV TAs are quite good. Ciao, Martin -- from a 1996 Microshit ad campaign: The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft! See! They do get some things right!
