> > On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 11:25:56AM -0400, wireless wrote: > > >Hello, > > > > > >I'm trying to get ppp working on friend's debian portable. wvdial is > > >what I have used in the past, but, any other ppp package > > >recommedations are welcome. What I'm need to do is put a serialport > > >(rs232) modem on another debian system and set it for the dialin > > >(inbound) part of the ppp connection connect. Once I get that to work, > > >I need to be able to require various things, such as pap, chap, etc, > > >on the inbound side so at to emulate what the ISP requires. That way > > >we can test the various settings on my friends' portable. Having cable > > >modem access at home, it's been a long time since I've messed around > > >with dialin ppp. One other question, instead of going to the trouble > > >to setup a radius server (would not even know which radius package is > > >good), can I just make up a shell account for the user and auth the > > >passwd on the same server that the serialport modem is connected to? > > > > > > > > >Any ideas on packages for the ppp dialin on single serial port?
> John Hedges wrote: > >I did this last week so while it's fresh in my mind ... > >I was new to dial-in so it's unlikely to be the perfect solution, but it > >seems to work. > > > >Make sure you have ppp and mgetty installed. Both have good docs - > >info mgetty (install mgetty-docs) and man pppd. > > > >The last line of /etc/inittab (at least on my woody install) was a > >commented out mgetty line. Uncomment it and change to reflect your own > >serial port. eg: > > > >T0:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS0 > > > >Run 'telinit q' to get init to start mgetty listening on your serial > >port. > > > >For PAP you need to alter /etc/ppp/pap-secrets. For a user brian wanting > >to login to machine zinc, add a line: > > > >brian zinc "" > > > >Finally - ignoring the steps I've completely forgotten about :) set up > >/etc/ppp/options (or /etc/ppp/options.ttyS0 (0/1/2...)) to set the IPs > >for either end of the ppp link eg: > > > >192.168.1.1:192.168.1.2 > > > >Leaving first field blank will defualt to an IP address from the server. > >Leaving the second field blank allows the client to set its own IP. > >Other handy settings were 'defaultroute' and 'ipcp-accept-remote'. > >/var/log/messages is useful for seeing how far you are getting with ppp. > > > >The first time I dialled in my modem got into a strange state and it > >wouldn't answer incoming calls. Dialling out with wvdial reinitialised > >it prefectly. > On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 05:14:31PM -0400, James wrote: > OK, This if for setting up the dialin(host) serial port and modem I > presume? > > What, if anyting do I need to apt-get for the host? > > And you used wvdial on the other system to effect the dialout(user pc) > part of the ppp with just a standard /etc/wvdial.conf file? > > apt-get wvdial (on the user's pc) and edit wvdial.conf, is all that is > needed? > > If I understand your missing parts? > > James > Correct. This setup was for the dial-in host. Unfortunately the dial-in clients are windows. This shouldn't make much difference though. On the host: apt-get install ppp (this is almost certainly already installed) apt-get install mgetty mgetty-docs On the client: apt-get install wvdial If you need to adjust wvdial.conf I expect it to be minimally as the installation prompts you for most things. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
