Re: Alcatel Speedtouch and FC2

Thanks to Nico for the tutorial about Alcatel Speedtouch Modems and FC2. Unfortunately it did not work for me. The same errors appear when I try to establish the connection with "pppd call adsl" ... Timeout: Sending LCP Config-Requests ... This whole issue about USB ADSL modems and Linux is just a pain in the a**! I will buy an Ethernet Modem now. Thanks a lot anyway. Christoph > Message: 13 > Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:21:01 +0200 (MEST) > From: "Markus Nicolussi" <mcwimpy(a)gmx.at&gt; > Subject: Re: FC2 and Alcatel Speedtouch > To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com, fedora-de-list(a)redhat.com > Message-ID: <5184.1090923661(a)www13.gmx.net&gt; > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi! > > I had also a lot of problems setting up the alcatel speedtouch modem 4 FC2. > As u experienced it there is a lot of useless HOWTOs cruising around in the > inet. at least they seem to be 4 a lot of european people outsinde of > gemany. And this was the big problem i had to solve. In Austria the modem > uses PPP over ATM and somehow encapsulated a VPN like connection with PPTP. > if this is the same in your country (schweiz?) then i have a solution 4 u. > > I finally found the sollution in a book i have to recommend very strongly to > german nebie FC and SUSE users. the price is 60EUR > > http://www.kofler.cc/linux.html > > pg 871ff lists 2 possibilitys > *pppoa3 driver from Benoit Papillault (thats what your howto is about) > *pppoatm plugin (its an add-on for pppd, speedtch kernel module needed) > > i found that the second method is quite convenient. and will explain it > here. > > At first connect your USB modem and be sure that the speedtch kernel module > is loaded (lsmod!) It's included in FC2 and was loading automatically on my > machine. > > Then u have to get the latest speedtouch drivers from here > http://sourceforge.net/projects/speedtouch > and install it > rpm -ivh speedtouch-1.3-2.i586.rpm > you need the "modem_run" program to initialize the modem. > > Then download the modem init file KQD6P2.eni here > http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/download/index.html > download the zip file KQD6_R204.zip. Unzip it to get the files KQD6P1.eni > and KQD6P2.eni. The one you want is KQD6P2.eni (the bigger of the two). i > copied this file to /lib to easier start ADSL at boot time (see later) > > now u can initialize your modem > /usr/sbin/modem_run -k -f /lib/KQD6P2.eni > > Now u need a special version of pppd, because the one shipped with FC2 does > not include the pppoatm plugin. download from here > http://grumz.dyndns.org/ADSL_FC2/ > and update your pppd > rpm -Uvh ppp-2.4.2b3-1.GrumZ.i386.rpm linux-atm-2.4.1-1.GrumZ.i386.rpm > > > Now u have to configure pppd. But before u can do this be sure to have an > empty /etc/ppp/options. Create the file /etc/ppp/peers/adsl and edit it in > the following way: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > # /etc/ppp/peers/adsl > > # pppoatm specific options > plugin /usr/lib/pppd/plugins/pppoatm.so > asyncmap 0 > > # no compression > noaccomp > nopcomp > noccp > novj > > # normal Options > lock > noauth > noipdefault > defaultroute > usepeerdns > name "YOUR_ACCOUNT_NAME" > > # in case of an interruption in the connection > # reastablish connenction after 4 seconds > persist > holdoff 4 > maxfail 25 > > # /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-adsl contains PEERDNS=yes > ipparam "adsl" > > # dial-on-demand > #demand > #connect "/bin/true" > #idle 300 > #ktune > > # automatic test of the connection > lcp-echo-interval 60 > lcp-echo-failure 2 > > # write PID in /var/run/ppp-adsl.pid > linkname "adsl" > > # VPI/VCI (has to be in the last line!) > 8.48 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > don't forget to create a file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-adsl with > the entry > PEERDNS=yes > > enter your internet account password in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and > /etc/ppp/chap-secrets > > start ADSL with > pppd call adsl > > stop ADSL with > killall pppd > > u have to be root to do that. I don't now a solution for sarting ADSL as a > user. for example via the GNOME modem applet. Anyone any ideas? > > you might want to start your ADSL connection at the startup of your machine > and stop the connection at the shutdown of your computer. > > create a file /etc/init.d/adsl and edit it in the following way > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > #!/bin/bash > # /etc/init.d/adsl > # > # chkconfig: 35 99 10 > # processname: ADSL > # description: starting ADSL ... > # pidfile: /var/run/ppp-adsl.pid > > case "$1" in > start) > echo "starting ADSL ..." > /usr/sbin/modem_run -k -f /lib/KQD6P2.eni > pppd call adsl > ;; > stop) > echo "shutting down ADSL ..." > [ -f /var/run/ppp-adsl.pid ] && \ > kill $(head -1 /var/run/ppp-adsl.pid) > ;; > *) > echo "usage: $0 {start|stop}" > exit 1 > ;; > esac > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > now chmod the file to executable and add the new script to your boot process > chmod a+x /etc/init.d/adsl > chkconfig --add adsl > > > SPEEDTOUCH ETHERNET MODEM > > I have to recommend all ADSL users the Ethernet version of the ADSL modem as > it ist much easyer to configure! > > first u need a pptpclient > http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ > update your pppd > rpm -Uvh ppp-2.4.3-0.cvs_20040527.1.fc2.i386.rpm > and install the pptp client > rpm -ivh pptp-linux-1.5.0-1.i386.rpm > > configure your ethernet card with an IP which is something between 10.0.0.1 > and 10.0.0.254 but not 10.0.0.138 (this is the modem) and a Subnet Mask > 255.255.255.0 and NO Gateway Adress. > > test your modem with > ping 10.0.0.138 > > Now u have to configure pppd. But before u can do this be sure to have an > empty /etc/ppp/options. Create the file /etc/ppp/peers/adsl and edit it in > the following way: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > # /etc/ppp/peers/adsl > # pptp specific options > pty "/usr/sbin/pptp 10.0.0.138 --nolaunchpppd" > > # no compression > nobsdcomp > nodeflate > > # normal options > lock > noauth > noipdefault > defaultroute > usepeerdns > name "YOUR_ACCOUNT_NAME" > > # in case of an interruption in the connection > # reastablish connenction after 4 seconds > persist > holdoff 4 > maxfail 25 > > # /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-adsl contains PEERDNS=yes > ipparam "adsl" > > # dial-on-demand > #demand > #connect "/bin/true" > #idle 300 > #ktune > > # automatic test of the connection > lcp-echo-interval 60 > lcp-echo-failure 2 > > # write PID in /var/run/ppp-adsl.pid > linkname "adsl" > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > don't forget to create a file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-adsl with > the entry > PEERDNS=yes > > enter your internet account password in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and > /etc/ppp/chap-secrets > > for the ADSL start at boot time use the same method like above but WITHOUT > the line > /usr/sbin/modem_run -k -f /lib/KQD6P2.eni > > > The End :-) > > > Please let me know if this helped you, as i was doing this HOWTO on a > different machine than the one which gave me my speedtouch experiences. and > so i couldn't test it. :-) > > ciao, nico. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list(a)redhat.com To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list