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Title: Internet access with modem and `wvdial' (using PPP)

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Internet access with modem and `wvdial' (using PPP)

Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions 6.0 to 6.1
wvdial

Important:

This article is obsolete from SuSE Linux 6.2 on. PPP/wvdial-configuration has been integrated in YaST network configuration.

Request:

Your SuSE Linux 6.0/6.1 is successfully installed and now you want to connect to the Internet using a modem and PPP.

Procedure:

You'll need:

How to proceed:

  1. Login as `normal' user (not as `root') via kdm/xdm or start a X-session with startx
  2. Start up a xterm or kvt (X-Window terminal emulation) and allow access to your local X-display (xhost +localhost).
  3. Change to user `root': su - and set the DISPLAY-variable for `root': export DISPLAY=:0
  4. Create a basic configuration file for wvdial: wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
  5. Create/change the options for `pppd': /etc/ppp/options should contain 2 lines only:
    lock
    debug
    
  6. Start up the `wvdial'-frontend (GUI) using the command wvdial.tcl and enter the phonenumber, your username and your password.
  7. Try to connect (button `Test'). Your modem should start to dial and connect. The progress is logged in a separate window.
  8. Check wether your attempt to connect was successful. You can use the commands ifconfig and route for that. Type these commands in another xterm or kvt. The output should look similar to the following:
    ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
              inet addr:10.201.0.1  P-t-P:10.0.0.99  Mask:255.0.0.0
              UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING  MTU:552  Metric:1
              RX packets:357 errors:4 dropped:4 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:322 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0
              Memory:21c0038-21c049c
    
    Kernel IP routing table
    Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
    wotan           *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 dummy0
    broken.suse.de  *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
    loopback        *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        4 lo
    default         broken.suse.de  0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        4 ppp0
    
    This output means that your modem (network-device `ppp0') is configured with the local IP 10.201.0.1 and the dialup-server of your ISP (broken.suse.de, IP 10.0.0.99) is used as default-gateway (for all IP packets that are heading to/arrive from the internet).
  9. If your attempt to connect was successful, save the settings you've made. If it didn't work, check the log-window and /var/log/messages for further information.
  10. Terminate wvdial.tcl by pressing CTRL-C (or click `Cancel' and `Close').
  11. If your attempt to connect was successful, just type wvdial in a terminal emulation to reestablish the connection.

Further Hints:

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Keywords: MODEM, WVDIAL, PPP, INTERNET, PROVIDER, DAEMON, DIED, UNEXPECTEDLY

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Categories: PPP

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