From jeromej@Glue.umd.edu Fri May 14 22:44:12 1999
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 00:01:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jerome Johnson <jeromej@Glue.umd.edu>
To: Bob Schmertz <schmertz@wam.umd.edu>
Cc: UM Linux Users Group <um-linux@majordomo.umd.edu>
Subject: ppp on RH5.1 using netcfg

Here are some instructions on how to set up PPP using netcfg on RH5.1
I hope this helps!
						-Jerome Johnson


Setting up ppp on RH5.1 using netcfg

0)
The following files are read/modified/used... by netcfg
/etc/sysconfig/network
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/*

Make sure you haven't screwed them up.  If you have reinstall the
relevant rpm packages.

Here is my /etc/sysconfig/network

NETWORKING=yes
FORWARD_IPV4=no
HOSTNAME=localhost
GATEWAYDEV=
GATEWAY=

Make sure /dev/modem is a symbolic link to your modem.
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            4 Aug  1 12:09 /dev/modem -> cua3

1)
Run netcfg as root.  Click on the "Names" button.

Hostname:  localhost
Domain:	   localdomain

Search for hostnames in additional domains:
eng.umd.edu
glue.umd.edu
wam.umd.edu

Nameservers:	128.8.5.2

This will take care of /etc/resolv.conf

2)
Click on the "Interfaces" button.
The first line should be something like:
lo	  127.0.0.1	 none	   yes	active

This is your local loopback interface.  It allows you to telnet,
finger, ftp, xhost... your own machine when its not otherwise
connected to a network.  Don't mess with it.

3)
Click "Add"
Select "PPP"
Phone Number:		3012090700

Don't use PAP. Dont fill in PPP login name or password.

3)
Click "Customize"
Click "Hardware"
Select		"Use HW flow control..."
Unselect	"Esc control chars..."
Select		"Abort connect on error..."

Line speed:	115200
Port:		/dev/modem
PPP Options:	(leave blank)

4)
Click "Communication"
Modem Init String:	ATZ
Modem Dial Command:	ATDT
Phone Number:		3012090700

Remove all the Expect/Send entries and insert these.  This sets up
your chat script.

Expect			Send
Annex username:		jeromej
Annex password:		********
annex:			ppp
TIMEOUT			5

5)
Click "Networking"
Unselect	"Activate interface at boot..."
Select		"Set default route ..."
Unselect	"Restart PPP..."

6)
Click "PAP"
This should be blank.

7)
Click "Done"

8)
You should now have a line like this in your netcfg "Interfaces" menu:
ppp0				no   no

9)
Select this line and click "Activate"

10)
Listen to your modem dial and connect.  Wait about 30 seconds.  Then
run ifconfig.  It should look like.

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Bcast:127.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3584  Metric:1
          RX packets:86 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          TX packets:86 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol  
          inet addr:128.8.22.217  P-t-P:128.8.10.115  Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          TX packets:45 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

11)
Email jeromej@eng.umd.edu and let him know it worked and that he didn't
waste his time typing this :)