ppp for RH7.1J

[Tony Laszlo <laszlo@example.com>]

Hello all. 

I am struggling with a couple of problems. 
Would appreciate your help very much. 

ppp for RH7.1 

I am installing RH7.1J(*) on the IBM Aptiva 520 (486DX) 
that is the heart of the ISSHO office (we only use the 
newest stuff). 
This machine needs to connect to GOL via PPP over a 
standard telephone line, and act as the server (192.168.1.1) 
with another Linux box and a Mac in tow. The latter two 
machines telnet in, dial the connection, download/upload 
mail and browse the web. 

The installation seems to be going pretty well, so I 
would like to stick with this distribution, rather than 
try something, if possible. 

I had been running Turbolinux 4.0 with a 2.2.11 kernel 
and ppp-2.3.7-1 . RH7.1 out of the box does not have 
ppp in the kernel but the module loads. 

My problem: 
I am having problems making the ppp connect. 
I do not have X installed on the server and do 
not intend to install it (can't find the right 
combination for the display, and don't have time 
to try right now - suffice it to say that the 
horiz/vert sync figures from the old X config 
file don't seem to fit this next generation X). 
So, I need to configure ppp without gnome/kde 
tools, etc. 

I used linuxconf to activate the ppp modules. 
That seemed to work ok. 

I copied the contents of the TL4.0 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ 
to the new RH7.1 system, as well as, to see these would work. 
/etc/hosts
/etc/host.conf
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/ppp/options


Then I did ln - s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/modem , as the 
old scripts use /dev/modem. 

The scripts succeed in dialing the number but 
I don't get a ppp connection (can't ping a remote 
IP, can't get a web page with lynx). After a few 
seconds the modem hangs up. 

This is what appears in /var/log/messages 

Jun  9 17:14:38 net ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp2 on /dev/modem at
115200
Jun  9 17:14:38 net kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.1
Jun  9 17:14:38 net pppd[976]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0
Jun  9 17:14:40 net chat[978]: abort on (BUSY)
Jun  9 17:14:40 net chat[978]: abort on (ERROR)
Jun  9 17:14:40 net chat[978]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
Jun  9 17:14:40 net chat[978]: abort on (NO DIALTONE)
Jun  9 17:14:40 net chat[978]: abort on (Invalid Login)
Jun  9 17:14:40 net chat[978]: abort on (Login incorrect)
Jun  9 17:14:40 net chat[978]: send (ATM0^M)
Jun  9 17:14:40 net chat[978]: expect (OK)
Jun  9 17:14:40 net chat[978]: ATM0^M^M
Jun  9 17:14:40 net chat[978]: OK
Jun  9 17:14:40 net chat[978]:  -- got it 
Jun  9 17:14:40 net chat[978]: send (ATDPxxxx-xxxx^M)
Jun  9 17:14:40 net chat[978]: expect (CONNECT)
Jun  9 17:14:40 net chat[978]: ^M
Jun  9 17:15:12 net chat[978]: ATDP(xxxx-xxxx)^M^M
Jun  9 17:15:12 net chat[978]: CONNECT
Jun  9 17:15:12 net chat[978]:  -- got it 
Jun  9 17:15:12 net chat[978]: send (^M)
Jun  9 17:15:12 net pppd[976]: Serial connection established.
Jun  9 17:15:13 net pppd[976]: Using interface ppp0
Jun  9 17:15:13 net pppd[976]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
Jun  9 17:15:46 net pppd[976]: Modem hangup
Jun  9 17:15:46 net pppd[976]: Connection terminated.
Jun  9 17:15:47 net pppd[976]: Exit.

Any hints much appreciated. 

Thanks in advance. 

Tony Laszlo
http://www.issho.org/laszlo.html