Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 22:05:16 GMT Server: NCSA/1.4.2 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 00:18:33 GMT Content-length: 1510 Setting up Linux for Dialup PPP

Setting up Linux for Dialup PPP

I assume Slackware Linux. The version I tried is 3.0.

Slackware Installation

  1. When installing Slackware, choose to install the Networking disk set(N).
  2. At the Networking disk set installer, choose to install PPP daemon.

Configuration

All the procedures below has to be done by the superuser.
  1. Set up the DNS resolver. Make /etc/resolve.conf look like below.
    search cs.washington.edu washington.edu
    nameserver 128.95.1.2
    nameserver 128.95.1.4
           
  2. Try connecting the departmental gateway using ordinary serial line.
           % seyon -modem /dev/cua1 
           
    At the seyon screen, type
           atdt6852730
           
    If everything is OK, this will connect you to oslo or hydra. If you have a problem, check the modem device name and modem initialization commands.
  3. If serial line connection is OK, then we try PPP next. PPP connection is created using /sbin/pppd. Here is the basic setting.
    /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/cua1 38400 connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v \
           "" "at" "OK" "atdt6852730" "38400" "\\d\\d\\d\\d" \
           "" "" "" "" ">" "login" "name: " "yourname" "word: " \
           "password" ">" "ppp default"' defaultroute