Indeed... It's just a case of WVdial being a royal
PITA. using Kinternet seems to resolve this as it
interfaces with the firewall and so on on my SuSE
system and updates the default route etc.
Bjorn.
--- Jacques Goldberg <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Jayjwa: you are right, AND Bjoern is also RIGHT.
> You are an expert, while most readers will not
> understand one word of
> what you have written, hardly able to do what Bjoern
> wrote without
> trying to understand even that.
> Dropping down other interfaces while dialing is the
> easiest way to
> overcome the bitterness for a newcomer to Linux, who
> hardly knows what a
> line command might be, to be unable to "surf".
>
> Most of the time the issue is DNS, not the gateway,
> and handling that
> automatically is quite possible because the dialup
> connection can be
> taught not to use /etc/resolv.conf
>
> Jacques
>
> jayjwa wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, Bjorn Wielens wrote:
> >
> >> With regards to eth0, it will need to be brought
> down
> >> every time you want to dial. You could perhaps
> write a
> >> small 3-line bash script that does this, then
> dials,
> >> and when you press a certain key combo,
> disconnects
> >> the modem and brings eth0 back up.
> >
> > I'm just wondering why this is. On my external
> machine, which connects
> > using a linmodem to an ISP, I've 4 other
> interfaces one of which is an
> > ethernet (eth0). I've never downed any of them.
> Prehaps this is a
> > routing issue? In that case, you only need to set
> route to the host at
> > the other end of your dial up connection if it's
> your gateway. Come to
> > think of it, my eth0 is up at boot long before I
> get the kmod for the
> > linmode loaded, dialout, and get a ppp0 to work
> with.
> >
> > If you're using pppd, you can also put commands in
> ip-up and ip-down
> > scripts in /etc/ppp. Those get run before and
> after pppd does its thing.
> >
> >
> > These are actually from the machine I'm on now,
> but are almost identical
> > to the ones I'm refering to (connecting the same
> ISP in the same way).
> >
> > root> pppd call localnet
> >
> > My nameservers are always set and don't change.
> >
> >
> > /etc/ppp/peers/localnet:
> > --------------------------------------
> >
> > ## Localnet.com
> > ##
> > ## PPPd peer connect script
> >
> > lock
> > defaultroute
> > noipdefault
> >
> > # Using the cellphone's built-in modem
> > #/dev/ttyACM0
> >
> > # Using the Conexant Linmodem when we've the kmods
> for it
> > /dev/ttySHSF0
> >
> > 57600
> > crtscts
> > debug
> > noauth
> > passive
> > asyncmap 0
> > name "myusername"
> >
> > connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f
> /etc/ppp/localnet-connect"
> >
> >
> >
> > /etc/ppp/localnet-connect:
> > ---------------------------------------
> >
> > TIMEOUT 60
> > ABORT ERROR
> > ABORT BUSY
> > ABORT "NO CARRIER"
> > ABORT "NO DIALTONE"
> > "" "AT&FH0"
> > OK "atdt2354500"
> > TIMEOUT 75
> > CONNECT
> >
> >
> > /etc/ppp/ip-up:
> > ---------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > #!/bin/zsh
> > ##
> > ## This file /etc/ppp/ip-up is run by pppd when
> there's a
> > ## successful ppp connection.
> > ## Any commands you want printed to the screen
> should be directed
> > ## to: >/dev/tty0
> > ##
> > ## The companion file is /etc/ppp/ip-down, it's
> run when the PPP
> > ## connection ends.
> > ##
> > ## Parameter args:
> > ## 1 = network device (ex: ppp0)
> > ## 2 = device attached to (ex: /dev/modem)
> > ## 3 = Speed of connection 57600 (ISP will rate
> limit this down)
> > ## 4 = (your, eg, this host) local IP
> > ## 5 = remote pppd IP address
> >
> > # The environment is cleared before executing this
> script
> > # so the path must be reset.
> >
>
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
> > export PATH
> >
> > # Example parameters might be like so:
> > #Param 1: ppp0
> > #Param 2: /dev/modem
> > #Param 3: 57600
> > #Param 4: 64.179.15.96
> > #Param 5: 66.202.18.57
> >
> > # Print results on screen, to logfile later at
> script end
> > echo "Connected $1 on $2 @ $3 bps. Local addr: $4
> <--> Remote endpoint
> > addr: $5" > /dev/tty0
> >
> > ## The below commands are used on the gateway
> version of this script only,
> > ## and not on this host. They are left for future
> examples only.
> > # Fix hosts file
> > #old_ip_addr=`awk '/^64.*atr2\.ath\.cx/ { print $1
> }' /etc/hosts`
> > #new_ip_addr=$4
> > #replace "$old_ip_addr" "$new_ip_addr" --
> /etc/hosts && logger -s -t
> > ip-up -p daemon.notice -- "Local IP set to
> $new_ip_addr: hosts file
> > updated."
> >
> > # Fix Silcd's conf file (the daemon can't bind
> 0.0.0.0 for some reason)
> > #replace "$old_ip_addr" "$new_ip_addr" --
> /usr/local/etc/silc/silcd.conf
> >
> > # Update DNS at dyndns.org
> > #ddclient && logger -s -t ip-up -p daemon.notice
> -- "DNS updated: $1 -
> > $4 sent to dyndns.org"
> >
> > # Clear nscd host's cache
> > nscd -i hosts && logger -s -t ip-up -p daemon.info
> -- "Nscd hosts cache
> > cleared"
> >
> > # Restart everything that can't handle a changing
> IP address local server
> > for server ( rc.p0f rc.fl0p rc.silcd rc.proftpd
> rc.snmpd rc.ircd ); do
> > $server restart 1> /dev/null
> > usleep 400
> > done
> >
> > # Write a system log only summery
> > logger -t ip-up -p daemon.info -- "Ip-up finished;
> $1 connected on $2 at
> > $3 bps "
> >
> > #EOF
> >
>
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