Dialin server with modem under SuSE 10.1

[Burkhard Schultheis]

Does anyone has a description or a link to a description how to setup a
dialin configuration with an analog modem unter SuSE 10.1? I found a
description for ISDN, but yast2 makes a big difference between modem and
ISDN for providers.

Any hints?

Regards,
Burkhard

[A***@yahoo.com]

I was able to get mgetty to work as a dial-in server with these links:

http://linuxgazette.net/issue36/ali.html
http://linuxgazette.net/issue38/gentry.html
http://www.pfinders.com/linux/dialin_howto.html
http://developers.sun.com/solaris/technotes/linuxppp.html
http://www.chuvakin.org/ispdoc/
http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialPPP-Dial-in.html

Respectfully,


Gary

Post by Burkhard Schultheis
Does anyone has a description or a link to a description how to setup a
dialin configuration with an analog modem unter SuSE 10.1? I found a
description for ISDN, but yast2 makes a big difference between modem and
ISDN for providers.
Any hints?
Regards,
Burkhard
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[Gert Doering]

Hi,

Post by Burkhard Schultheis
Does anyone has a description or a link to a description how to setup a
dialin configuration with an analog modem unter SuSE 10.1? I found a
description for ISDN, but yast2 makes a big difference between modem and
ISDN for providers.

Hmmm, install mgetty, put it into /etc/inittab (there should be an
example in inittabl already), potentially adapt mgetty.config to set
specific init strings for your modem (modem manual), and that's it :-)

OTOH I assume that you're not talking about "generic dial in" (with a
terminal program, like "hypterterm", with the goal of getting a unix shell)
but about "*PPP* dial in".

First make sure that your normal modem dialin is working, and that you can
get a shell.

Then google for "mgetty AutoPPP" - basically the trick is that mgetty will
recognize an incoming ppp packet, and launch pppd for you. Now you need
to configure pppd to authenticate the caller (via PPP PAP or CHAP, from
the config files in /etc/ppp/{pap,chap}-secrets), assign an IP address, etc.

gert

[Burkhard Schultheis]

Post by Burkhard Schultheis
Does anyone has a description or a link to a description how to setup a
dialin configuration with an analog modem unter SuSE 10.1? I found a
description for ISDN, but yast2 makes a big difference between modem and
ISDN for providers.

Thank you both. It's now running with ppp! :-)

Regards,
Burkhard