Re: [TCLUG:669] Still fighting with Dialup

["Clark Whiting" <crwhiting@hotmail.com>]

I just went through the same contortions.

You may be connected, but did you log in?
Many providers do not automatically send the Login: prompt on a 
connection. Since most PC utilities login for you, you often miss this 
step. Try pressing the <ENTER> key. If you get a login promp, then type 
in the userid. It will then ask you for your password. Careful, many 
systems are case sensitive. If you don't get a login prompt, your modem 
setup is probably incorrect. Find out from your IP what the modem setup 
needs to be (8-bits, no-stop, etc...) and configure minicom for this 
setup and try again.

Once you are logged in, you are probably in a SLIP connection. Many 
providers require a PPP connection. You will have to start PPP protocol 
on both sides. This generally means starting ppp on the host by typing 
in "ppp", then start your ppp daemon by "pppd <params>" on your machine. 
You will initially have to be root to do this. Once you get the bugs 
worked out, you can set up a setuid script to do this as any user. Once 
you have worked out the details, you can use netcfg to do all of this 
automatically. Some IP's start PPP automatically, and you will have to 
start PPP on your side manually. Your IP should have this documented 
somehow.

Good luck.

>
>In the continuing saga of dialup...
>
>I use minicom to dial to my ISP and receive a message stating that I am
>connected.  This leads me to believe that I am authenticating 
correctly.
>When I connect, I cannot ping anything and the connection drops after 
about
>15-30 seconds.  I am now examing how I have my IP address stated.  I am
>dynamically given an IP address everytime I log in so I have an IP 
address
>of 0.0.0.0 in all of my files. Is this correct for dynamic IP?
>
>Perry Hoekstra


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