What about log files (syslog, messages, debug)? Both boot messages and making
the connection are worth looking into.
I suppose enable more debugging level in the config files is necessary in this
case.
> Hello list.
>
> I seem to have a problem with my ISDN connection - it doesn't stay connected
> very long, and I think that may be a problem on my side - here's the deal :
>
> I have two MultiTech PCI128 passive ISDNs card - they are supported using
> the HiSax module as type 36 (it's a 6692 winbond chip based) When I've tried
> to install them both on my computer (an old P2-266) they refused to work and
> generated an E001B error message whenever I dialed. when I instaled windows
> to see if that could dial both modems, it did. I concluded that it must be
> some wierd hardware problem that makes linux unable to use both modems (I
> went over my configuration hundreds of times, and it must be a hardware
> problem - I have a really really old and cranky motherboard), so I took one
> out and used just one for a 128Kbit connection. it worked great, but I
> wanted to use both, so I ordered me a new motherboard . while Plonter were
> busy getting me the board (my first choise wasn't in stock and wasnt
> produced any more, so was my second choise, and it didn't help me being in
> 'miluim' a few days too), all in all it worked for about two weeks without a
> glitch - I use that computer to masquarade for my local home LAN (which
> includes two more computers) and the connection was on 24/7 .
> Then I got the new board. after moving everything to then new board and case
> (the old one was an AT computer, and the new is an ATX, so I needed a new
> case too), I happily plugged in both ISDN cards, configured them (it's a
> pain to get any pre written script to support a multi link using one slave,
> let alone 3 slaves ...) and dialed - lo and behold : it works !
> well, not exactly.. if I use all 4 devices, after a while of being connected
> (let's say, about two minutes) I get this error message printed to the
> screen (it isnt stored in any of the logs.. wierd..) :
> W6692 IRQ LOOP
> (w6692 is the id of my card's chip)
> and then the connection just stops responding. hanging up and redialing
> doenst seem to work, it just dials, timesout (with no error message), dials
> again, and so on until it runs out of dialing attempts. I have to stop and
> remove all the isdn things (ipppd, hisax, etc) and then restart everything
> to get it going.
> if I dial less devices (all are configured, I just don't dial them), I still
> get that message , but after longer time (even if I use only the master
> device !).
> so I gave up and took one card out of the box, leaving just one in and
> dialing with two devices... but - it still doesn't work as good as it used
> too on the old board. it still disconnects unexpectedly, that is - the
> connection doesnt drop, it just stops responding, and I don't know why - it
> does so when I'm not looking, and I couldn't find anything in the logs .
> also hanging up and redialing doesn't help, and last time it happened,
> restarting the isdn scripts and daemons didn't either - I think it because
> it couldn't unload the hisax module, claiming it was busy, and I couldn't
> manually either, so I had to reboot (!!!!!) to get back my connection.
> also, after I get the connection back, and the IP has changed, the
> masquarding does not work, and I need to flush the chains and reapply the
> MASQ rule to get it to work (though the rule isn't related to the outgoing
> IP at all).
> one more thing - after I get connected, about a minute and a half, I get
> this message in the logs -
> Oct 27 11:32:27 ariadna kernel: HiSax: W6692 XDUN/XCOL
> I don't know what it means.
>
> here's my setup -
> hard:
> P2-266 chip on a 66MHz bus
> Aopen AX64 board (4 PCIs , onbaord sound - I disabled it , coz it shares an
> IRQ line with the 3rd PCI slots where I put my NIC, and it messes things up)
> 128MB ram
> RTL8139 NIC
> 2x MultiTech ISDN PCI128 (only one installed currently)
> ATI rageIIc on AGP
> soft:
> Redhat 7.0
> isdn4net scripts (which I got as an RPM from freshmeat, and then heavily
> patched, and not in a nice way)
> { the script came with a program called 'iprofd' - what does it needs it for
> ? }
> basicly, these are the commands that are being issued to make my ISDN card
> dial out to my ISP:
> # /sbin/modprobe hisax type=36,36 id=w6692 protocol=2,2
> # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr
> # isdnctrl readconf /etc/isdn/ctrl.conf.new
> # isdnctrl pppbind ippp0
> # /usr/sbin/ipppd 0.0.0.0:0.0.0.0 deldefaultroute user <myloginname>
> ipparam ippp0 ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote
> defaultroute -vj -vjccomp -ac -pc -bsdcomp -chap ms-get-dns /dev/ippp0
> /dev/ippp1 /dev/ippp2 /dev/ippp3 +mp
> # isdnctrl dial ippp0
>
> P.S.
> while I was writing this, the connection just died again - it didnt' drop,
> just stoped responding. no message in the logs. hanging up and redialing did
> the trick and I got this message afterwards :
> Oct 27 11:55:44 ariadna kernel: IP_MASQ:ip_fw_masquerade(): change masq.addr
> from 212.150.99.2 to 212.150.97.72
> but still had to flush and reapply the masq rule.
> also - is there a way that I can make a script run whenever the connection
> drops (really drops) ?
>
> TIA , and sorry for the long message, I thought that supplying some details
> will get me a better and faster response..
>
> Oded
>
> ..
> "I have the terrible feeling that, because I have a white beard and am
> sitting
> in the back of the theater, you expect me to tell you the truth about
> something.
> These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai."
> --Orson Welles, "Someone to Love."
>
>
>
> =================================================================
> To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
> the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command
> echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
--
Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
=================================================================
To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command
echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
