[ILUG] My own diald problems.

[jgay at Celestica.com]

I finally got around to trying to set up my old 486 as a gateway PC. After much
tinkering, I got pon to work, connected to Oceanfree. I used apt-get to install
ipmasq and diald. I moved the ipmasq from /etc/rcS.d to /etc/rc2.d, so that the
ip masquerading starts AFTER diald does. When I try to ping outside my network,
diald tries to connect, but the modem cuts off immediately. The only thing in
/var/log/diad.log connection refused, with no amplifying remarks. I checked the
/etc/ppp/options file for item mentioned in diald man pages, but this is
starting to annoy me at this stage. I've been chasing various scripts for diald,
pon, pppd etc, but I'm not sure which is which. I know pon and poff work fine,
so how do I make diald use this? I can't send the actual scripts right now
'cause I'm at work, but if someone lets me know what scripts, I can send them
from:

johngay at eircom.net

Once I get diald working, I can leave the 486 running, and both my Daughter and
myself can just surf the web from our own PC's when we want.

Thanks again for all the help in the past, and I'm still waiting for the next
Dublin Meeting.

Cheers,

     John Gay