Книга: Fedora™ Unleashed, 2008 edition

Configuring a Dialup Connection Manually

Configuring a Dialup Connection Manually

The first step in manually configuring PPP is to log in as root to copy and edit the necessary files. After you are logged in, you use the chat command, the pppd daemon, and several files to configure PPP:

? /etc/ppp/ppp-on — Used to start a PPP connection. This file contains the ISP's phone number, your username and password, as well as various options such as IP address options, the modem device, and its settings (such as baud rate) for the connection.

? /etc/ppp/ppp-off — Used to terminate a PPP connection.

? /etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer — Used to perform dialing and connection with the chat command; this script contains error-handling and negotiation responses between the remote system and the chat command script.

Begin by copying the scripts from the /usr/share/doc/ppp*/scripts directory to the /etc/ppp directory, like so:

# cp -ar /usr/share/doc/ppp*/scripts/ppp-o* /etc/ppp

Using your favorite text editor, edit the ppp-on file (making sure to disable the line wrapping function in your editor — that varies from editor to editor — and line-wrapping inserts carriage returns that cause these scripts to stop working) and change the first four entries to reflect your ISP's phone number and your username and password, as follows:

TELEPHONE=555-1212 # The telephone number for the connection
ACCOUNT=hudzilla   # The account name for logon
PASSWORD=spasm     # The password for this account
LOCAL_IP=0.0.0.0   # Local IP address if known. Dynamic = 0.0.0.0

Change the values for TELEPHONE, ACCOUNT, and PASSWORD, substituting your ISP's phone number and your username and password. Change the LOCAL_IP entry to an IP address only if your ISP provides one for use. (Dynamic IPs are typical of dialup accounts.) Otherwise, leave the entry blank. Next, scroll through the script until you find the dialing setup, which can look like this:

exec /usr/sbin/pppd debug lock modem crtscts /dev/ttyS0 38400
 asyncmap 20A0000 escape FF kdebug 0 $LOCAL_IP:$REMOTE_IP
 noipdefault netmask $NETMASK defaultroute connect $DIALER_SCRIPT

These lines (actually a single script line) contain modem options for the chat script used in the ppp-on-dialer script and will start the pppd daemon on your computer after establishing a connection. Using a text editor, change the modem device (/dev/ttyS0 in this example) to /dev/modem.

Set the baud rate (38400 in the default case) to the desired connection speed — most likely 115200 or 57600. When finished, save the file.

Next, use the chmod command to make these scripts executable, like this:

# chmod +x /etc/ppp/ppp-o*

To debug or check the progress of your modem connection, dialing, and connection to your ISP, monitor the syslog messages by using the tail command with its -f "loop-forever" option, as follows:

# tail -f /var/log/messages

To connect to your ISP, run the ppp-on script:

# /etc/ppp/ppp-on

Use the ppp-off script to stop the PPP connection, like so:

# /etc/ppp/ppp-off

You can also move the ppp-on and ppp-off scripts to a recognized $PATH, such as /usr/local/bin. Enabling use of these scripts by normal users will entail changing permissions of the serial port and other files (which can be a security problem because unauthorized users can access it).

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