before starting a diaolout
$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:68:de:1f:70
inet addr:192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21e:68ff:fede:1f70/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2317 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1856 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2763807 (2.7 MB) TX bytes:244600 (244.6 KB)
Interrupt:251 Base address:0x6000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
The lo channel is OK. But it there is an eth0 or wlan0 channel, they
must be shutdown before dialout, with a command like:
$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down
or else DNS services will fail upon dialout.
MarvS
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Félix Daniel
Batista<fdbatista@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dudes, I downloaded the package slamr-2.6.24-16-generic for my kernel
> (Kubuntu 8.04) as ModemData.txt and Marvin said, did everything else
> (unpacking, sudo./setup) and now Kubuntu identifies the modem chipset.
> The OS installed the driver and told me that I'm using a restricted
> driver (non-free software). Just fine.
>
> I configured KPPP to connect to my ISP, and it actually does. It dials
> and connects well, but now I'm facing 2 issues:
>
> - KPPP connects even if the password was not fully correctly written.
> For example, let's suppose my password is "rz23uh09". If I type
> anything else, KPPP tells me that there is something wrong. But if I
> type "rz23uh09XXX$·%·" or whatever after the "09", it establishes the
> connection, like if KPPP it's recognizing a regular expression
> containing the password, and not the exact match for the password
> string. Is this normal?
>
> - When I get connected to my ISP, I open Konqueror and try to open
> Google homepage, but can't do it. Konqueror shows its 404 error page
> (can't find the web site), but gets to show the Google icon in the
> address bar, so, it means Konqueror connects somehow partially to
> Google and retrieves its icon. This happens with all web pages I try
> to connect to. Maybe the connection is not well configured (a sign of
> this would be the password recognition described before) and due to
> this, the connection may be somehow incomplete.
>
> I do not use any proxy or firewall, I connect directly to the Internet.
>
> Do I have to configure anything else in Kubuntu? My computer is not
> connected to a LAN, WAN or anything else, so I don't have a permanent
> manual network configuration. When I dial up, the ISP sends me an IP
> address automatically and sets the gateway address. I've tried to put
> this information into "/etc/network/interfaces" when connected, and do
> a "/etc/init.d networking restart", but didn't work.
>
> Thanx.
>
> 2009/7/20, Marvin Stodolsky <marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Felix
>>
>> From http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/Ubuntu/ ,
>> download the package slamr-2.6.24-16-generic.tar.gz
>> Under Linux, open a terminal and unpack with:
>> $ tar zxvf slamr*.tar.gz
>> Move into the unpacked folder
>> $ cd slamr-2.6.24-16-generic
>> Look around
>> $ ls
>> Run the
>> $ sudo ./setup
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Félix Daniel
>> Batista<fdbatista@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hello there.
>>>
>>> Need some help to configure and connect to the Internet via modem with
>>> a SM56 SmartLink one. I'm using Kubuntu 8.01.
>>>
>>> Here I post the ModemData.txt file. I have no previous experiencie
>>> compiling drivers or anything else in Unix environments, so, don't
>>> know what to do with additional dependencies the modem may need. I
>>> only know how to use nano ;-)
>>>
>>> Thanx.
>>>
>>
>
