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| 61700 | 2002-07-11 11:11:00 | I am in the process of setting up a LAN for a small school - 6 clients and a Linux RedHat 7.0 server. SAMBA is going well as a file server. There is communication between all PCs. The school has a connection with Xtra - using the RedHat rp3 dialler in GNOME I can connect to Xtra with Linux on the server and surf the net. The next step is to install diald on the server to allow for forced dialup from the Windows clients. I have used diald16 on a CD I got with a Linux in Small Business book. When I try to ping Xtra's nameserver, diald cuts in and the modem dials out but no connection is established and a number of redials follows. I have checked the login and password - both correct. The line in the /etc/ppp/connect script that I think is the trouble is PROMPT="PPP session". According to my information, this is the string that diald expects to see once the PPP server has authenicated. This value can vary from ISP to ISP. I have rung Xtra and managed to get to the second level (past the "we don't support Linux" - it took some talking to do this!!). They could not tell me what Xtra returns for this variable. Has anyone else out there connected to Xtra with diald? Any comments would be appreciated? John |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 61701 | 2002-07-12 01:15:00 | Also has anyone used masqdialler as an alternative to diald? | JohnD (509) | ||
| 61702 | 2002-07-12 06:43:00 | The script is handled by chat ... which just takes a line, sends it out, and handles any responses by the stuff in the script. First step is to print out that script, and manually type in the lines which chat sends. Then you can give the appropriate commands. When you are sure of what is needed by Xtra, you can change the script. You have read the HOWTO? If not, do so ... It will be on your installation CD, and if you installed all documentation it will be on your HD too (probably in the /usr/docs/ tree). An uptodate version is at dunedin.lug.net.nz . Next problem. Have you been connecting from the server console as "root"? That is very dangerous. And you certainly don't want client machines using su to connect as root. I found a reference earlier this year to get someone using ppp from a user account. He was using kppp (with KDE rather than Gnome, but it should be just the same --- this is Linux security, not GUI setup). Use the search "kppp user" to google.co.nz . It was the second match then (the title is "HOWTO: setup kpp to dialup as user") LIke all network stuff, it's the little details that have the devil in them. ]:). But once you get them fixed Linux runs so sweetly. As you will have noticed with SAMBA. BTW, you will find it well worth your while to get hold of apt . It's at http://apt.freshrpms.net . You will find that when it's set up, it makes adding RPM packages much easier, because it sorts outy the dependencies for you. Looks good. ;-) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 61703 | 2002-07-12 10:21:00 | Thanks Graham for your comments. I will follow this through in a day or so. No - I haven't been connecting to the net with the root account - have used GNOME rp3 from a normal account. John |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 61704 | 2002-07-12 12:22:00 | Not really answer to your question, but..... Have you tried Smoothwall? It is a firewall programme that sits on a dedicated PC. The suggested specs are 486/Pentium with approximately 500MB hard drive. Once the initial set-up is done you access it via your browser. Some of the features are DHCP Server, Secure Shell Server, Snort and Squid. You can have a Green network as well as an Orange one and it can be set-up to access the web by modem or faster connections. Smoothwall is a free download (20 meg) and they have been fairly prompt with releasing updates for the latest holes. I've been running it on a P100 for about three months without toooo many problems. |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 61705 | 2002-07-13 04:02:00 | A couple of other HOWTOs: dunedin.lug.net.nz --- I think that it will be worthwhile to use a proxy rather than having the client boxes dialling out through the Linux server. It will give you much more control over where they go ... ;-) Also look at the Firewall-HOWTO. Squid seems to be pretty classy: here's some documentation: squid-docs.sourceforge.net and squid.visolve.com . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 61706 | 2002-07-13 09:23:00 | Yes, I connect to Xtra using RedHat 7.1 and "Red Hats PPP Dialer" i.e. via a GUI (and ClearNet also). I have also configured a Slackware 8.0 on demand dialer (via the command line). Red Hat has a PPP Dialer Configuration tool (GUI) which has a debug mode which displays what is being sent from the server. | Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 61707 | 2002-07-14 11:05:00 | Have run out of time to get this solved quickly (start of teaching term at local poly). However have found some sites on setting up dial on demand using pppd instead of diald. It is supposed to be easier? www.logontosurf.com handsonhowto.com/dodip.htm Will let you know how it goes in due course |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 61708 | 2002-07-20 06:35:00 | Success at last - I had trouble getting diald to go so went looking for other alternatives. Found www.davidpashley.com/tutorials/wvdial-pppd-dod.html. THis method uses wvdial and pppd and it is much easier than using diald. The best thing about it is it works!! | JohnD (509) | ||
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