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Re: isdn, kisdn and ipppd



I know it was a long time but i need the help....
I'm a REAL newbie...
the problem:    i modprobed the hisax , and installed the isdn4k-utils
(RPM).
i then tried the command:
"sdnctrl addif ippp0" and got an error message: about bad interface
ioctrl....
pls help me.


----- Original Message -----
From: Lior Okman <lior@hempseed.com>
To: Avi Dardik <dardik@isdn.net.il>
Cc: <linux-il@linux.org.il>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 12:53 AM
Subject: Re: isdn, kisdn and ipppd


>
> Hello Avi,
>
> First of all, welcome to Linux.
>
> Now for some work.
> In order for your ISDN card to work you need to do the following:
> 1. Make sure your kernel supports it.
> 2. Make sure you have the needed binaries on your system
> 3. Edit the scripts that you need in order to dial and hangup
> 4. Surf the net at ISDN speed.
>
> Lets take it from the top:
> 1. Make sure your kernel supports it.
>
> The Linux kernel has a lot of sub-systems and drivers in it.
> For ISDN to work you need the ISDN sub-system compiled into the kernel or
> loaded as a module.
> For AVM Fritz! PCI you need a driver called HiSax to exist in your kernel
> (either loaded as a module or compiled into the kernel).
>
> IIRC, Redhat makes every module possible available on the generic system,
> so if you are lucky, you already have this on your system.
> To check, login as root and write:
>    modprobe hisax type=27 protocol=2
> This makes the kernel load a module called hisax and passes two
> parameters: type=27 , which means AVM Fritz!PCI
>            protocol=2 , which means you are not using the card in Germany.
>
> When you write "lsmod" you should see a list of all the modules loaded,
> and among them - this module.
> When you write "dmesg" or check /var/log/messages you should see any
> messages the module wrote on loading.
>
> 2. Make sure you have the needed binaries on your system
> Once we've established that the kernel can use the card, we need to add
> user programs to call the kernel API and use the card.
> For this, we need isdn4k-utils.
> The package you downloaded is a tar.gz file, which translates to a zip
> file to the average Windows user. Breaking down the suffix, .tar means it
> is an archive made by a program called tar and .gz means it was gzipped
> (using gzip).
> One way to open this up is to run
>    tar xfz <filename>
>
> BUT.
> This file probably contains Source Code, and it doesn't know how to
> install itself (like RPM). <grin> Real Linux users make their own RPM
> packages </grin>, but newbies are allowed to download them from freshmeat
> ( http://www.freshmeat.net ) or from ftp://contrib.redhat.com (or any
> mirror thereof).
>
> You could try to use the file you got. Read the READMEs and all and any
> configuration documents you can find in the package. A background in
> programming will help.
>
> 3. Create the scripts that you need in order to dial and hangup
> Here is the deal:
> In order to connect to anything, you need a networking device to be
> active.
> This device is created using the isdnctrl program (in the isdn4k-utils
> package). After you create the device, you need to initialize certain
> parameters, after which you can dial out.
> The TCP/IP connection from your computer to the ISP is provided by a
> program called ipppd (also from the isdn4k-utils package). This program is
> in charge of passing any information over the device using PPP.
>
> <Note>You need to make a script that does this for you</Note>
>
> Also, everything I have written here can be found in the man pages
> man isdnctrl
> man ipppd
> man ifconfig
>
> and in the HOWTOs and isdn4k-utils documentation.
> All the options I put here are what I think are good for you.
> DON'T TRUST ME. MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND AND READ THE DOCUMENTATION.
>
> So:
> After you insert the module into your kernel (using modprobe, see above),
> you write (as root)
> isdnctrl addif ippp0
> isdnctrl eaz ippp0 <your ISDN phone number>
> isdnctrl addphone ippp0 out <your ISP ISDN phone number - where you want
>                              to dial to>
> isdnctrl huptimeout ippp0 60
> isdnctrl encap ippp0 syncppp
> isdnctrl l2_prot ippp0 hdlc
> isdnctrl l3_prot ippp0 trans
> isdnctrl verbose ippp0 2
>
> Now that we have finished setting up the ISDN card, we take care of
> regular networking details:
>
> ifconfig ippp0 10.0.0.1 pointtopoint 10.0.0.2
> ifconfig ippp0 up
>
> After this, the ippp0 device is defined and (after setting up ipppd) we
> are ready to dial out.
>
> Setting up ipppd:
> (man ipppd)
> 1.Add your password to /etc/ppp/chap-secrets or /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
>   (whatever your ISP uses).
> 2.Create an options file for ipppd (usually /etc/ppp/ioptions, but consult
>   the man page) that has the needed switches. For example:
>
> lock
> user <your username>
> noipdefault
> defaultroute
> ipcp-accept-local
> ipcp-accept-remote
>
> 3. When you connect to your ISP, the username will be taken from this file
>    and the password will be taken from pap-secrets or chap-secrets.
> 4. Run ipppd as follows
> ipppd file /etc/ppp/ioptions /dev/ippp0
> 5. Connect to the net
> isdnctrl dial ippp0
>
> Disconnecting is easy too.
> Just "isdnctrl hangup ippp0"
>
> All the steps (except the actual connection and disconnection) need only
> be done once per reboot.
>
> Good Luck,
>     Lior Okman
>
>
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