Re: Ohh no, not another PPP question!!

["Adam Williams" <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Subject: Ohh no, not another PPP question!!

AAAAAAAAHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!  I'm getting sick of these.

> Okay here it is, my final question!  What does everyone use to dial
> their isp, and how the heck did they get it to work!  Heres what i need:
>

You use pppd to dial, nothing else.  Just let pppd start when the machine boots
and dial whenever it needs to.

> 1.  Every file they had to edit to dial!  I know thats a lot, but all my
> tinkering didnt do squat!

/etc/ppp/options:

ipcp-accept-remote
ipcp-accept-local


/etc/ppp/peers/isp:

ttyC7 38400
#crtscts
connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0'
:192.168.3.1
demand
idle 350
ipcp-accept-remote
ipcp-accept-local
holdoff 10

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0:

'' 'ATZ'
'OK' 'ATDT9755800'
'CONNECT' ''
'ogin:' 'LoGiN'
'word:' 'PaSsWoRd'

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0:

DEVICE=ppp0
ONBOOT=no
#BROADCAST=192.168.3.255
#NETWORK=192.168.3.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
#IPADDR=
DEFROUTE=yes
MODEMPORT=/dev/ttyS2
LINESPEED=38400
HARDFLOWCTL=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
ESCAPECHARS=no
DEFABORT=no
INITSTRING=ATZ
PPPOPTIONS=
DEBUG=no
PAPNAME=
REMIP=
MTU=
MRU=
DISCONNECTTIMEOUT=
RETRYTIMEOUT=
USERCTL=no
PERSIST=no

/etc/rc.d/init.d/diald:

#!/bin/sh
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

# Check that networking is up.
[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0

[ -f /usr/sbin/diald ] || exit 0
[ -f /etc/diald/diald.conf ] || exit 0


# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
            # Start daemons for 2.2.x
            echo -n "Starting kernel demand dialing: "
            echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr
            daemon /usr/sbin/pppd call isp
            sleep 3
            /sbin/route del default
            /sbin/route add default ppp0
        ;;
  stop)
            # Start daemons for 2.2.x
            echo -n "Stopping kernel demand dialing: "
            killall -15 pppd
            rm /var/lock/subsys/diald
        ;;
  restart)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        ;;
  status)
        status diald
        ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: diald {start|stop|restart|status}"
        exit 1
esac

exit 0


And /etc/rc.d/init.d/diald is symlinked to from /etc/rc.d/init.d/rc5.d and
rc3.d so that it start when the machine enters those run levels.