Hi Jacques, Sorry about the delay, and thanks for your quick response. I probably confused the issue a little with my ramblings about Firestarter, when the problem I think I have is perhaps more a hardware detection problem of some kind (..maybe a hardware conflict?). My Bootup.txt says "A line including the PCI bus slot 00:1f.6 of your modem, and "disable" or "disabling" predicts problems", and indeed my ModemData.txt and dmesg.txt files both mention "pci 0000:00:1f.6: PME# disabled" and "serial 0000:00:1f.6: PCI INT B disabled", so I assume that means I have a modem hardware conflict within Ubuntu. ...but then, wvdial seems to be able to detect the ppp0 interface and connect to my ISP, so I'm not sure what's going on. I'm currently dual-booting with Ubuntu and WinXP, and have no problems with the modem while using XP, so the modem itself isn't faulty. I don't understand why ifconfig (and Firestarter and Network Tools) can't detect the ppp0 interface while I'm off-line. Am I right in assuming the ppp0 interface is the modem itself, and not the on-line connection? Cheers, Dirk On 1/21/10, Jacques Goldberg <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Dirk: > > > At first sight, your computer cannot know which IP address it will be > assigned by your ISP before you establish the connection ! This however > can be worked around. > But in an usual "normal" (dynamic IP) configuration, don't you have a > selection box marked "enable internet connection sharing" on the > "Network device setup" page of FireStarter? > If I understand what it is that you try to do, this feature, when > enabled, is the answer as it will automatically and instantly start the > ppp0 related rules as soon as the connection with the ISP will exist. > > I worked around a topologically similar situation, definitely not for > the same purpose, but it applies to your case, by simply asking the ISP > to setup for me a fixed IP, for a moderate additional fee. > In my case but not in yours I believe, I could also have used a dynamic > DNS service (http://www.dyndns.com) which I quote only because I am not > sure about what exactly you are trying to do. > > Jacques > > Dirk Hirschberg wrote: >> G'day everyone, >> >> I discovered Ubuntu 9.04 last year, and am keen to use it a lot more, >> but I have an older DELL laptop with an internal dialup modem. >> >> I've managed to get the modem working with >> hsfmodem-7.80.02.03full_Jaunty.tar.bz2 and wvdial (...e.g. have been >> on-line with Firefox and Wget working fine). But various other >> critical(?) software (e.g. ifconfig, Network Tools -> Devices tab, >> Gufw, and Firestarter) only seem to recognise the ppp0 interface for >> the modem DURING a dialup connection established by wvdial (i.e. NOT >> before or after the connection, but just during). >> >> So although I can get a dialup connection, Firestarter doesn't >> recognise (detect) the ppp0 interface (e.g. in the network devices >> list) until AFTER the connection is established, and therefore doesn't >> enable it's firewall until ppp0 is detected AND I've selected it in >> Firestarter's preferences, ...which means delays in getting the >> firewall enabled (..an obvious security risk). ...and I'm not sure >> whether ufw is doing any better. >> >> I ran scanModem.gz, and ModemData.txt said "The PCI slot 00:1f.6 of >> the modem card may be disabled early in a bootup process, but then >> enabled later". >> >> Bootup.txt recommended adding "pci=routeirq" or "pollirq" options to >> the kernel boot up line, but neither of them resolved the issue. >> >> I've attached ModemData.txt and dmesg.txt, and am hoping that someone >> knows how to decipher these files, and help me work out how to get >> Ubuntu to recognise my modem during the bootup process, not just >> during dial-up! >> >> Btw, I'm a Linux newbie, and am still fairly new to it all, so I hope >> I'll be able to make sense of your suggestions. >> >> Looking forward to hearing back from you. >> >> Many thanks! >> >> Cheers, Dirk >> > >
