Re: Alcatel Speedtouch and FC2

From: Fons van der Beek (fons_at_so-o.nl)
Date: 07/29/04

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    From: "Christoph Kiefer" <kiefer@ifi.unizh.ch>
    To: <fedora-list@redhat.com>
    Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 8:36 AM
    Subject: Re: Alcatel Speedtouch and FC2

    > Thanks to Nico for the tutorial about Alcatel Speedtouch Modems and FC2.
    >
    > Unfortunately it did not work for me.
    > The same errors appear when I try to establish the connection with
    > "pppd call adsl"
    >
    > ...
    > Timeout: Sending LCP Config-Requests
    > ...
    >
    > This whole issue about USB ADSL modems and Linux is just a pain in the
    > a**!
    > I will buy an Ethernet Modem now.
    >
    > Thanks a lot anyway.
    >
    > Christoph
    >
    >
    > > Message: 13
    > > Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:21:01 +0200 (MEST)
    > > From: "Markus Nicolussi" <mcwimpy@gmx.at>
    > > Subject: Re: FC2 and Alcatel Speedtouch
    > > To: fedora-list@redhat.com, fedora-de-list@redhat.com
    > > Message-ID: <5184.1090923661@www13.gmx.net>
    > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
    > >
    > > Hi!
    > >
    > > I had also a lot of problems setting up the alcatel speedtouch modem 4 FC2.
    > > As u experienced it there is a lot of useless HOWTOs cruising around in the
    > > inet. at least they seem to be 4 a lot of european people outsinde of
    > > gemany. And this was the big problem i had to solve. In Austria the modem
    > > uses PPP over ATM and somehow encapsulated a VPN like connection with PPTP.
    > > if this is the same in your country (schweiz?) then i have a solution 4 u.
    > >
    > > I finally found the sollution in a book i have to recommend very strongly to
    > > german nebie FC and SUSE users. the price is 60EUR
    > >
    > > http://www.kofler.cc/linux.html
    > >
    > > pg 871ff lists 2 possibilitys
    > > *pppoa3 driver from Benoit Papillault (thats what your howto is about)
    > > *pppoatm plugin (its an add-on for pppd, speedtch kernel module needed)
    > >
    > > i found that the second method is quite convenient. and will explain it
    > > here.
    > >
    > > At first connect your USB modem and be sure that the speedtch kernel module
    > > is loaded (lsmod!) It's included in FC2 and was loading automatically on my
    > > machine.
    > >
    > > Then u have to get the latest speedtouch drivers from here
    > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/speedtouch
    > > and install it
    > > rpm -ivh speedtouch-1.3-2.i586.rpm
    > > you need the "modem_run" program to initialize the modem.
    > >
    > > Then download the modem init file KQD6P2.eni here
    > > http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/download/index.html
    > > download the zip file KQD6_R204.zip. Unzip it to get the files KQD6P1.eni
    > > and KQD6P2.eni. The one you want is KQD6P2.eni (the bigger of the two). i
    > > copied this file to /lib to easier start ADSL at boot time (see later)
    > >
    > > now u can initialize your modem
    > > /usr/sbin/modem_run -k -f /lib/KQD6P2.eni
    > >
    > > Now u need a special version of pppd, because the one shipped with FC2 does
    > > not include the pppoatm plugin. download from here
    > > http://grumz.dyndns.org/ADSL_FC2/
    > > and update your pppd
    > > rpm -Uvh ppp-2.4.2b3-1.GrumZ.i386.rpm linux-atm-2.4.1-1.GrumZ.i386.rpm
    > >
    > >
    > > Now u have to configure pppd. But before u can do this be sure to have an
    > > empty /etc/ppp/options. Create the file /etc/ppp/peers/adsl and edit it in
    > > the following way:
    > >
    > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    > > # /etc/ppp/peers/adsl
    > >
    > > # pppoatm specific options
    > > plugin /usr/lib/pppd/plugins/pppoatm.so
    > > asyncmap 0
    > >
    > > # no compression
    > > noaccomp
    > > nopcomp
    > > noccp
    > > novj
    > >
    > > # normal Options
    > > lock
    > > noauth
    > > noipdefault
    > > defaultroute
    > > usepeerdns
    > > name "YOUR_ACCOUNT_NAME"
    > >
    > > # in case of an interruption in the connection
    > > # reastablish connenction after 4 seconds
    > > persist
    > > holdoff 4
    > > maxfail 25
    > >
    > > # /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-adsl contains PEERDNS=yes
    > > ipparam "adsl"
    > >
    > > # dial-on-demand
    > > #demand
    > > #connect "/bin/true"
    > > #idle 300
    > > #ktune
    > >
    > > # automatic test of the connection
    > > lcp-echo-interval 60
    > > lcp-echo-failure 2
    > >
    > > # write PID in /var/run/ppp-adsl.pid
    > > linkname "adsl"
    > >
    > > # VPI/VCI (has to be in the last line!)
    > > 8.48
    > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    > >
    > > don't forget to create a file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-adsl with
    > > the entry
    > > PEERDNS=yes
    > >
    > > enter your internet account password in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and
    > > /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
    > >
    > > start ADSL with
    > > pppd call adsl
    > >
    > > stop ADSL with
    > > killall pppd
    > >
    > > u have to be root to do that. I don't now a solution for sarting ADSL as a
    > > user. for example via the GNOME modem applet. Anyone any ideas?
    > >
    > > you might want to start your ADSL connection at the startup of your machine
    > > and stop the connection at the shutdown of your computer.
    > >
    > > create a file /etc/init.d/adsl and edit it in the following way
    > >
    > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    > > #!/bin/bash
    > > # /etc/init.d/adsl
    > > #
    > > # chkconfig: 35 99 10
    > > # processname: ADSL
    > > # description: starting ADSL ...
    > > # pidfile: /var/run/ppp-adsl.pid
    > >
    > > case "$1" in
    > > start)
    > > echo "starting ADSL ..."
    > > /usr/sbin/modem_run -k -f /lib/KQD6P2.eni
    > > pppd call adsl
    > > ;;
    > > stop)
    > > echo "shutting down ADSL ..."
    > > [ -f /var/run/ppp-adsl.pid ] && \
    > > kill $(head -1 /var/run/ppp-adsl.pid)
    > > ;;
    > > *)
    > > echo "usage: $0 {start|stop}"
    > > exit 1
    > > ;;
    > > esac
    > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    > >
    > > now chmod the file to executable and add the new script to your boot process
    > > chmod a+x /etc/init.d/adsl
    > > chkconfig --add adsl
    > >
    > >
    > > SPEEDTOUCH ETHERNET MODEM
    > >
    > > I have to recommend all ADSL users the Ethernet version of the ADSL modem as
    > > it ist much easyer to configure!
    > >
    > > first u need a pptpclient
    > > http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/
    > > update your pppd
    > > rpm -Uvh ppp-2.4.3-0.cvs_20040527.1.fc2.i386.rpm
    > > and install the pptp client
    > > rpm -ivh pptp-linux-1.5.0-1.i386.rpm
    > >
    > > configure your ethernet card with an IP which is something between 10.0.0.1
    > > and 10.0.0.254 but not 10.0.0.138 (this is the modem) and a Subnet Mask
    > > 255.255.255.0 and NO Gateway Adress.
    > >
    > > test your modem with
    > > ping 10.0.0.138
    > >
    > > Now u have to configure pppd. But before u can do this be sure to have an
    > > empty /etc/ppp/options. Create the file /etc/ppp/peers/adsl and edit it in
    > > the following way:
    > >
    > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    > > # /etc/ppp/peers/adsl
    > > # pptp specific options
    > > pty "/usr/sbin/pptp 10.0.0.138 --nolaunchpppd"
    > >
    > > # no compression
    > > nobsdcomp
    > > nodeflate
    > >
    > > # normal options
    > > lock
    > > noauth
    > > noipdefault
    > > defaultroute
    > > usepeerdns
    > > name "YOUR_ACCOUNT_NAME"
    > >
    > > # in case of an interruption in the connection
    > > # reastablish connenction after 4 seconds
    > > persist
    > > holdoff 4
    > > maxfail 25
    > >
    > > # /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-adsl contains PEERDNS=yes
    > > ipparam "adsl"
    > >
    > > # dial-on-demand
    > > #demand
    > > #connect "/bin/true"
    > > #idle 300
    > > #ktune
    > >
    > > # automatic test of the connection
    > > lcp-echo-interval 60
    > > lcp-echo-failure 2
    > >
    > > # write PID in /var/run/ppp-adsl.pid
    > > linkname "adsl"
    > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    > >
    > > don't forget to create a file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-adsl with
    > > the entry
    > > PEERDNS=yes
    > >
    > > enter your internet account password in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and
    > > /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
    > >
    > > for the ADSL start at boot time use the same method like above but WITHOUT
    > > the line
    > > /usr/sbin/modem_run -k -f /lib/KQD6P2.eni
    > >
    > >
    > > The End :-)
    > >
    > >
    > > Please let me know if this helped you, as i was doing this HOWTO on a
    > > different machine than the one which gave me my speedtouch experiences. and
    > > so i couldn't test it. :-)
    > >
    > > ciao, nico.
    >
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