How to get pppsetup to work ?

[alex]

Ok, now works!! I think bash.tce file was corrupted.

Thanks!

[mcewanw]

Though the default modem initialisation string worked fine for my hardware 56K modem on /dev/ttyS0, it didn't work at all with my pcmcia modem on /dev/ttyS1

I described my difficulties (and details of the changes I needed to make) in my post here:

http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=311.msg5816#msg5816

In brief, I used the modem initialisation string which I discovered is used by default in Puppy Linux version 2.17.1, which I repeat here for your convenience (in the form expected by the pppsetup script):

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ATZ OK "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0" OK
Please visit the above link to my earlier post for more details along with a solution to another unexpected problem I had with my ISPs ppp negotiation requirements.

NOTE: Since the above modem initialisation string seems to work with a large variety of modems, I hope you will modify pppsetup to use that by default rather than the modem string currently suggested (which didn't play nicely with my pcmcia modem on /dev/ttyS1 at all).

Please also remember to include bash as one of the dependencies for pppsetup to run successfully.

[Jason W]

Though I had made the pppsetup extension and got it to work with a standard null modem, it has been years since I've used dialup ( I have forgotton so much of ppp on Linux ) and I really don't have the means to do much testing with.  Since you are fluent in ppp and have the hardware to test the configurations on, it would be a great service if you would modify what is needed to the pppsetup extension and submit it. 

[mcewanw]

Since you are fluent in ppp and have the hardware to test the configurations on, it would be a great service if you would modify what is needed to the pppsetup extension and submit it. 

Actually, I wouldn't claim to know much about ppp setup at all. But the main temporary problem I have with your otherwise absolutely reasonable request is that I have only really just started using tc in a major way, so I know nothing as yet about how to produce extensions myself (though I gather that the process is relatively painless). Once I have time to check that out, however, I'll certainly submit what I can (assuming no one else has done so by that time). I would only change the modem default init string in pppsetup anyway; the other -am pppd option is probably best left to be done manually since most users probably don't need it or want it.

[mcewanw]

Using TC version 2.0rc1

pppset basically works in TC version 2.0rc1 as described above for TC version 1.x.

However, I after setting up my local eth0 ethernet card to 192.168.0.1 using netcardconf (from cpanel) the ppp-go output screen connected but with the following problem indicated:

"not removing default route through 192.168.0.254"

netcardconf had automatically used a "Gateway" IP of 192.168.0.254

Solution seems to be: when setting up the eth0 ethernet card, manually enter the value: ppp0 for the "Gateway".

[An alternative way of getting ppp-go to work correctly was first to open a terminal and enter:
sudo route delete default
However, entering ppp0 as the Gateway whilst configuring netcardconf in cpanel is less cumbersome]

I'm wondering netcardconf's behaviour is a bug in TC 2.0rc1; I can't remember having such an issue with TC 1.x; could netcardconf be modified such that it doesn't create a default route of 192.168.0.254?

[Guy]

For information on how to set up a dial up internet connection, see

/dial.html][removed due to policy violation]/dial.html

For information on how to install Tiny Core without being connected to the internet, see

/install.html][removed due to policy violation]/install.html

I hope this helps people with dial up internet connections.