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Re: ISDN ppp still not working
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Thu Nov 26 19:45:31 1998
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 19:41:38 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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Boris Lutz wrote:
> "Igmar Palsenberg" <palsenberg@tebenet.nl> wrote:
>
> >>First Simon J Mudd, thanks for helping me getting the ISDN working
> >>under Linux!
> >>That seems to work but now I have the following problem:
> >
> >>Can somebody explain me how to setup and use PPP with an ISDN modem?
> >>The PPP-HOWTO doesn't seem to work because it was setup for a modem.
> >>I have ppp modprobed so that module is installed. I'm using Redhat 5.1
> >>for Intel.
> >
> >Get the isdn4k-utils package. That includes a synchronous ppp deamon.
> >Else just use ttyI0 as a modem. Don't forget to set the EAZ number.
>
> I had the same problem. I tried to use /dev/ttyI0 instead of /dev/modem but
> when I do this I get a message that my kernel lacks ppp support! However
> when I use /dev/modem it starts ppp but after the PAP authentication only
> bad packets are transmitted.
>
> Can somebody please tell me what I'm doing wrong?! When I connect the ISDN
> TA to a SUN-Sparc it works with the same settings the old analog modem used
> to work! Why is it that complicated under Linux?
It was simple using my external Motorola Bitsurfr Pro modem.
As far as Linux is concerned, its just another fast modem.
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Jan Carlson
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