cannot activate my modem in RH 8

[leila]

Hi there,

The wizard is unable to find my modem even though it was
installed successfuly. I ctype /dev/modem, which I know it ponits to the modem.
Trying to activate my modem in RH 8, I get this error:
"cannot activate network device ppp0"

Any idea?

Thanks,
Leila

[pbharris]

hello,
try using the setserial command and then ifup ppp, else redhat's modem tool thingy

[leila]

thank you.

"ifup ppp0" does not finish executing. I stoped it with ctrl+C and I got this message:
"failed to execute ppp0 with error 32"
but I see it in the wizard that ppp0 is activated!!
but still I don't seem to be connected to the internet.
I don't know whether it is activated or not!!
do you know what is going on? why ifup ppp0 does not finish executing?
by the way -- I don't have linuxconf package installed on RH 8
(but ppp package is instaleed).
Do you this is a problem?

Thanks again.


[quote author=pbharris link=board=4;threadid=6261;start=0#59172 date=1044250798]
hello,
try using the setserial command and then ifup ppp, else redhat's modem tool thingy
[/quote]

[10Dedfish]

At the CLI try typing this:
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig ppp0 up

then try connecting to the internet.

10DED

[pbharris]

hello,
did you set your DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf ?

[Schotty]

If you dont mind, detail what you did to configure the modem. For example I went to RedHat Menu -> Server Settings -> Network and editied the hardware list in the hardware sectuion, and found that if your hardware is actually there (meaning the kernel saw it) it will work if you tell it the correct info.

For shits and giggles, try this , open up a terminal and type :

ls -altr /dev/modem

and see what device it points to ( /dev/modem -> /dev/ttyS0 ) on my PC for example). And try setting the port speed to exxactly what your max modem speed is. And you can try changing your flow control.

[leila]

I did what you said.

I got the following messgae:
"ppp0: unknown interface: no such device"!!

I typed "ifup ppp0" it says that "ppp0 is up, redialing" ..!!!
Should this mean I am connected?
I guess not. Why this is different than before that executing
"ifup ppp0" would not terminate? Is it becuase of
"ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig ppp0 up"
?
Trying to activate ppp0 using the Internet Connection Wizard,
fails this time!! How come I could do this before using the wizard??



[quote author=10Dedfish link=board=4;threadid=6261;start=0#59175 date=1044275421]
At the CLI try typing this:
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig ppp0 up

then try connecting to the internet.

10DED
[/quote]

[leila]

pbharris,

My /etc/resolv.conf is empty!


[quote author=pbharris link=board=4;threadid=6261;start=0#59186 date=1044284435]
hello,
did you set your DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf ?
[/quote]

[leila]

Schotty,

I used command line. as I remember:
setserial /dev/modem autoconfig auto_irq
setserial /dev/modem irq10

I know linuxconf package is not installed. I checked this by:
rpm -q linuxconf
Is this a problem or there is no such package in RH8?

/dev/modem points to /dev/cua2. I made this link becuase
my modem is on com3.

I am very new to linux.
Any idea what is going on?

[quote author=Schotty link=board=4;threadid=6261;start=0#59265 date=1044390522]
If you dont mind, detail what you did to configure the modem. For example I went to RedHat Menu -> Server Settings -> Network and editied the hardware list in the hardware sectuion, and found that if your hardware is actually there (meaning the kernel saw it) it will work if you tell it the correct info.

For shits and giggles, try this , open up a terminal and type :

ls -altr /dev/modem

and see what device it points to ( /dev/modem -> /dev/ttyS0 ) on my PC for example). And try setting the port speed to exxactly what your max modem speed is. And you can try changing your flow control.
[/quote]

[GhostDawg]

[quote author=leila link=board=4;threadid=6261;start=0#59322 date=1044434361]
pbharris,

My /etc/resolv.conf is empty!
[/quote]
Add your isp domain name and ip address to it.

Here's an example:

search yourisp.com
nameserver 208.164.186.1
nameserver 208.164.186.2

You may have to use Windows OS to find out what your isp ip numbers are or call and ask your isp for them.

Also try pointing your /dev/modem to /dev/ttyS2.