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How I get PPP to work
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave)
Wed Oct 30 15:21:20 1996
From: Dave <pom@spiritone.com>
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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 12:23:40 -0800
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Ok this is what I did to get PPP to work as well as get mail. I have not
yet figured out how to send mail from Linux.
At the inital install I elected to install the entire set of options.
Next thing I did was refer to the RH 4.0 users manual section 5 on
configuring and setting up a new kernel. I chose using the menu Q&A.
It's much much easier on the eyes.
make mrproper (this has something to do with removing excess config
files)
make menuconfig (I then installed all the PPP stuff I could find. I am
not totally sure still what I needed or didnt need but being a newbie
I thought it better to have more than less)
next I ran the
make dep
next I ran the
make clean
next I ran the
make zImage
next I ran the
make modules
next I ran the
make modules_install
next I edited the lilo.conf to reflect the new kernel and keep the old just
in case I made some booboo's.. I did this using the fellowing method..
mv /boot/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz.old
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /boot/vmlinuz
edit /ect/lilo.conf
adding this to the file
image=/boot/vmlinuz.old
label=old
root=/dev/(this must be the hard drive that you boot linux from) read-only
run /sbin/lilo
Please note that all the above info was taken directly from the RH 4.0
Boxset Users Guide...
After that then I reboot the system and watched for any new life in the
kernel I just made.. While booting you should notice some PPP info wiz
on by you.. This will be an indication that PPP has been installed and
is just waiting for you to run it..
Now comes the tricky part that took me almost a full day to get right and
the funny thing is its a really simple thing once you figure out what you
are doing... :-)
Ok in your home directory make a file useing whatever editor turns you on.
Myself I enjoy pico.. its easy and fun..
pico sone
#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/pppd connect 'chat "" ATDT<phone#> ogin: <name> word: <pword>' \
/dev/modem 38400 mru 296 lock debug crtscts modem defaultroute
<save>
Please note that I softlinked the cau2 to modem in the /dev dir, if you havnt
done that then you need to just use /dev/cau<whatever port your modem is
on>
next I edited the ppp-on-dialer and just left word lock in it..
Well that should at least get the PPP working I will post a script that will
let you get mail in a few mins...
Good luck hope this process helps, sorry if it was so long winded.
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