Network Startup

There are three basic ways to get networking up.

• DHCP: If you are on a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) network, type:

  pump
  

  Your computer will come up, find an IP address from the remote server, and off you go.

  Network performance sliggish? Try: fixresolv > /etc/resolv.conf

• Normal IP: Normal IP networks are brought up with ifconfig, something like this:

  ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.17 up
  route add default gw 10.0.0.1
  

  Network performance sliggish? Try: fixresolv > /etc/resolv.conf

• Dial-up: Dial-up connections can be quite tricky. Here is what we have used successfully via ppp in the recent past:

  pppd /dev/ttyS0 38400 file /tmp/pppfile

  This requires the file '/tmp/pppfile' which should look like this:

  ttyS0 57600 crtscts
  connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /tmp/ppp-details' 
  noauth
  165.247.220.135:
  ipcp-accept-remote
  ipcp-accept-local
  debug
  hide-password
  

  Which in turn requires the file '/tmp/ppp-details' which should look something like this:

  ABORT "NO CARRIER"
  ABORT "NO DIALTONE"
  ABORT "ERROR"
  ABORT "NO ANSWER"
  ABORT "BUSY"
  ABORT "Username/Password Incorrect"
  "" "at"
  OK "at&d0&c1"
  OK "atdt82,6050177"
  "login:" "[PLACE YOUR UID INFORMATION HERE]"
  "word:" "\q[PLACE YOUR PASSWORD HERE]"
  #"ispts" "\q^Uppp"
  #"~-^Uppp-~"
  

  Please note that different ISPs use different user ID specifications. One of the ones I use requires '[xxx]' before the user ID. Check with your ISP top be certain, or do what I did... I used a Windows computer to login to the ISP via dial-in and sniffed the packets using the Bootable CD.

More details on the use of pump, ifconfig, and route are provided by typing: "help pump", "help ifconfig". or "help route".