be smart, by a router........................ it saves a lot of hassle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Kiefer" <kiefer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: FC2 and Alcatel Speedtouch > > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx, fedora-de-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Message-ID: <5184.1090923661@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > 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. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >
