Re: testing ppp w/ debian
> > On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 11:25:56AM -0400, wireless wrote:
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >I'm trying to get ppp working on friend's debian portable. wvdial is
> > >what I have used in the past, but, any other ppp package
> > >recommedations are welcome. What I'm need to do is put a serialport
> > >(rs232) modem on another debian system and set it for the dialin
> > >(inbound) part of the ppp connection connect. Once I get that to work,
> > >I need to be able to require various things, such as pap, chap, etc,
> > >on the inbound side so at to emulate what the ISP requires. That way
> > >we can test the various settings on my friends' portable. Having cable
> > >modem access at home, it's been a long time since I've messed around
> > >with dialin ppp. One other question, instead of going to the trouble
> > >to setup a radius server (would not even know which radius package is
> > >good), can I just make up a shell account for the user and auth the
> > >passwd on the same server that the serialport modem is connected to?
> > >
> > >
> > >Any ideas on packages for the ppp dialin on single serial port?
> John Hedges wrote:
> >I did this last week so while it's fresh in my mind ...
> >I was new to dial-in so it's unlikely to be the perfect solution, but it
> >seems to work.
> >
> >Make sure you have ppp and mgetty installed. Both have good docs -
> >info mgetty (install mgetty-docs) and man pppd.
> >
> >The last line of /etc/inittab (at least on my woody install) was a
> >commented out mgetty line. Uncomment it and change to reflect your own
> >serial port. eg:
> >
> >T0:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -x0 -s 57600 ttyS0
> >
> >Run 'telinit q' to get init to start mgetty listening on your serial
> >port.
> >
> >For PAP you need to alter /etc/ppp/pap-secrets. For a user brian wanting
> >to login to machine zinc, add a line:
> >
> >brian zinc ""
> >
> >Finally - ignoring the steps I've completely forgotten about :) set up
> >/etc/ppp/options (or /etc/ppp/options.ttyS0 (0/1/2...)) to set the IPs
> >for either end of the ppp link eg:
> >
> >192.168.1.1:192.168.1.2
> >
> >Leaving first field blank will defualt to an IP address from the server.
> >Leaving the second field blank allows the client to set its own IP.
> >Other handy settings were 'defaultroute' and 'ipcp-accept-remote'.
> >/var/log/messages is useful for seeing how far you are getting with ppp.
> >
> >The first time I dialled in my modem got into a strange state and it
> >wouldn't answer incoming calls. Dialling out with wvdial reinitialised
> >it prefectly.
>
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 05:14:31PM -0400, James wrote:
> OK, This if for setting up the dialin(host) serial port and modem I
> presume?
>
> What, if anyting do I need to apt-get for the host?
>
> And you used wvdial on the other system to effect the dialout(user pc)
> part of the ppp with just a standard /etc/wvdial.conf file?
>
> apt-get wvdial (on the user's pc) and edit wvdial.conf, is all that is
> needed?
>
> If I understand your missing parts?
>
> James
>
Correct. This setup was for the dial-in host.
Unfortunately the dial-in clients are windows. This shouldn't make much
difference though.
On the host:
apt-get install ppp (this is almost certainly already installed)
apt-get install mgetty mgetty-docs
On the client:
apt-get install wvdial
If you need to adjust wvdial.conf I expect it to be minimally as the
installation prompts you for most things.
John
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