Re: RH8 - dial-up modem network setup trouble

From: Lewis (lewis_at_city-net.com)
Date: 08/19/03

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    John Reiser <jreiser@BitWagon.com> wrote in message news:<3F3E6B79.2000908@BitWagon.com>...
    > > I'm attempting to set up Red Hat 8.0 on a Compaq PC; using an external
    > > US Robotics modem, model 5686E (NOT a winmodem) on serial port 1.
    >
    > There are newer .rpms [for RH9, anyway] which may help:
    > redhat-config-network-1.2.15-1.noarch.rpm
    > redhat-config-network-tui-1.2.15-1.noarch.rpm
    > rhpl-0.93.4-1

    No such updates are posted for Red Hat 8.

    I checked each of the links and config files you suggested, and found
    things to generally be in order. So I tried...

    [root@Fred root]# wvdial <nickname>
    --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.53
    --> Initializing modem.
    --> Sending: ATZ
    ATZ
    OK
    --> Modem initialized.
    --> Sending: ATDT<number>
    --> Waiting for carrier.
    ATDT<number>
    CONNECT 52000/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS
    --> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
    --> Starting pppd at Mon Aug 18 22:28:21 2003
    --> pid of pppd: 1007

    I don't see a confirmation of my login, but I assume it took place, or
    I would expect my ISP would have hung up within a few minutes.

    Still no joy as to reaching the net. Grasping at straws, I tried...

    [root@Fred root]# ifconfig
    lo Link encap:Local Loopback
              inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
              UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
              RX packets:72 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:72 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
              RX bytes:4682 (4.5 Kb) TX bytes:4682 (4.5 Kb)

    ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
              inet addr:10.64.64.64 P-t-P:10.112.112.112
    Mask:255.255.255.255
              UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:17 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:180 (180.0 b)

    ppp1 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
              inet addr:198.144.38.227 P-t-P:198.144.34.35
    Mask:255.255.255.255
              UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1514 Metric:1
              RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
              RX bytes:164 (164.0 b) TX bytes:84 (84.0 b)

    (After trying to ping various hosts local to my ISP, I again tried...)

    [root@Fred root]# ifconfig
    lo Link encap:Local Loopback
              inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
              UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
              RX packets:72 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:72 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
              RX bytes:4682 (4.5 Kb) TX bytes:4682 (4.5 Kb)

    ppp1 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
              inet addr:198.144.38.227 P-t-P:198.144.34.35
    Mask:255.255.255.255
              UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1514 Metric:1
              RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
              RX bytes:260 (260.0 b) TX bytes:84 (84.0 b)

    (The modem was still active, and remained so until I whacked it and
    got the wvdial process's attention, but nothing I did made the Tx/Rx
    lights flicker.)

    Thanks, John, for getting me this far. Any suggestion for what I
    should try to actually get on the net, and how I can make this all
    happen automagically?

    Again, TIA

    --Lewis

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