[ILUG] Anyone know about CHAP and EIRCOM?

[Paul Jakma]

On Thu, 11 May 2006, Niall O Broin wrote:

> The program that's running is pppd. One thing I absolutely would 
> try is another distribution, simply for testing purposes.

If we're allowed to suggest using different distributions, well may I 
suggest Fedora Core? The following EWORKSFORME on FC4, connecting to 
Netsource with the Eircom wholesale 'IP' product (so should work for 
consumer Eircom Broadband too, with the appropriate changes):

Change:

- the username 'pauls-username' to suit, in both files. Password in
   first.
- If you don't run a local caching DNS server, change
   PEERDNS=no to yes

# grep pauls-username /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
"pauls-username at netsource.ie"  *       "pauls-password"


# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-netsource
NAME=netsource
IPV6INIT=yes
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=no
TYPE=xDSL
DEVICE=ppp0
ETH=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dialup
PIDFILE=/var/run/pppoe-adsl.pid
FIREWALL=NONE
PING=.
PPPOE_TIMEOUT=80
#CLAMPMSS=1412
PERSIST=yes
DEFROUTE=yes
ETH=eth0
PROVIDER=Netsource
DEMAND=no
USER=pauls-username at netsource.ie
DEFAULTROUTE=no
CONNECT_TIMEOUT=0
CONNECT_POLL=2

# Specific desired AC Name
#ACNAME=""

# Specific desired service name
#SERVICENAME=""

# Character to echo at each poll.  Use PING="" if you don't want
# anything echoed
PING="."

# Do you want to use synchronous PPP?  "yes" or "no".  "yes" is much
# easier on CPU usage, but may not work for you.  It is safer to use
# "no", but you may want to experiment with "yes".  "yes" is generally
# safe on Linux machines with the n_hdlc line discipline; unsafe on 
others.
SYNCHRONOUS=no

# Do you want to clamp the MSS?  Here's how to decide:
# - If you have only a SINGLE computer connected to the ADSL modem, choose
#   "no".
# - If you have a computer acting as a gateway for a LAN, choose "1412".
#   The setting of 1412 is safe for either setup, but uses slightly 
more
#   CPU power.
#CLAMPMSS=1412
CLAMPMSS=no

# LCP echo interval and failure count.
LCP_INTERVAL=20
LCP_FAILURE=8

# PPPOE_TIMEOUT should be about 4*LCP_INTERVAL
PPPOE_TIMEOUT=80

# Firewalling: One of NONE, STANDALONE or MASQUERADE
FIREWALL=NONE

# Linux kernel-mode plugin for pppd.  If you want to try the 
kernel-mode
# plugin, use LINUX_PLUGIN=/etc/ppp/plugins/rp-pppoe.so
LINUX_PLUGIN=

# Any extra arguments to pass to pppoe.  Normally, use a blank string
# like this:
PPPOE_EXTRA=""

# Rumour has it that "Citizen's Communications" with a 3Com
# HomeConnect ADSL Modem DualLink requires these extra options:
# PPPOE_EXTRA="-f 3c12:3c13 -S ISP"

# Any extra arguments to pass to pppd.  Normally, use a blank string
# like this:
PPPD_EXTRA=""

regards,
-- 
Paul Jakma	paul at clubi.ie	paul at jakma.org	Key ID: 64A2FF6A
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