Topic: Telstra BigPond Direct Connection

[Heng Farm]

I'm trying to set up a direct connection to BigPond with a static IP address provided by Telstra.  There is no option avaiable for setting up such a connection in the e-smith server & gateway control console.  

I attempted modifying /etc/diald.conf by changing just the local and remote addresses entries but couldn't get it to work. Config file as below:

accounting-log /var/log/diald/accounting.log
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0"
connect-timeout 90
device /dev/ttyS1
fifo /etc/diald/diald.ctl
include /etc/diald.filter
local x.x.x.x (my static ip)
mode ppp
modem
lock
crtscts
dynamic
defaultroute
pppd-options name "myuserid" noauth noipdefault ipparam diald
redial-timeout 10
remote x.x.x.y (ip at telstra's end)
retry-count 3
speed 115200


Any assistance will be much appreciated.

[Suzanne Routley]

Heng Farm wrote:
>
> I'm trying to set up a direct connection to BigPond with a
> static IP address provided by Telstra.  There is no option
> avaiable for setting up such a connection in the e-smith
> server & gateway control console.
>
> I attempted modifying /etc/diald.conf by changing just the
> local and remote addresses entries but couldn't get it to
> work. Config file as below:
>
> accounting-log /var/log/diald/accounting.log
> connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0"
> connect-timeout 90
> device /dev/ttyS1
> fifo /etc/diald/diald.ctl
> include /etc/diald.filter
> local x.x.x.x (my static ip)
> mode ppp
> modem
> lock
> crtscts
> dynamic
> defaultroute
> pppd-options name "myuserid" noauth noipdefault ipparam diald
> redial-timeout 10
> remote x.x.x.y (ip at telstra's end)
> retry-count 3
> speed 115200
>
>
> Any assistance will be much appreciated.

Hi,

I this a 56K modem connection??
If so you do not need to tell the e-smith server what the ip address is as when you connect telstra will assign you the static ip address and e-smith server will apdate the appropriate files. So you should not have to do anything, just the user name, password, phone number, and maybe proxy infomation, dns

Hopes this works

Phil R

[Heng]

Hi Phil,

Thank you for your response.

Yes, it's a 56K modem connection.

That was the first thing I tried using e-smith server & gateway control console interface to set up Internet dialup connection where you don't have the option to enter any static local and remote ip addresses. No, it didn't work.

Heng

[Suzanne Routley]

Heng wrote:
>
> Hi Phil,
>
> Thank you for your response.
>
> Yes, it's a 56K modem connection.
>
> That was the first thing I tried using e-smith server &
> gateway control console interface to set up Internet dialup
> connection where you don't have the option to enter any
> static local and remote ip addresses. No, it didn't work.
>
> Heng

Have you had a look in the log files, use pico and have a look at the dialup attempts, you should be able to get some clues from there

have a look here /var/log/messages

[Heng]

Hi Phil,

I got it working by:

1. Change the line in /etc/diald.conf by replacing noipdefault with x.x.x.x: (my external ip address)
pppd-options name "microchp" noauth x.x.x.x: ipparam diald

2. Put my external IP address, external netmask and Telstra gateway in /home/e-smith/configuration.

3. Reboot

I now have another problem. The link auto disconnects when it's idle for sometime(don't know how long). Do you know of any parameters I can set to turnoff this idle disconnect? I noticed in the /var/log/messages, there's a line with "start ppp0: SIOCSIFMTU: Invalid argument" - any idea what's causing this?

I attach a section of the message file for your assistance.

Jul 23 18:39:41 gateway diald[715]: Connected to site 0.0.0.0
Jul 23 18:39:41 gateway diald[715]: Running pppd (pid = 1413).
Jul 23 18:39:41 gateway diald[1413]: Running pppd: /usr/sbin/pppd -defaultroute -detach modem crtscts mtu 1500 mru 1500 name microchp noauth 139.130.80.125: ipparam diald
Jul 23 18:39:41 gateway kernel: registered device ppp0
Jul 23 18:39:41 gateway pppd[1413]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0
Jul 23 18:39:41 gateway pppd[1413]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 23 18:39:41 gateway pppd[1413]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered
Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway pppd[1413]: local  IP address x.x.x.x
Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway pppd[1413]: remote IP address x.x.x.y
Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway diald[715]: New addresses: local x.x.x.x, remote x.x.xy, broadcast 0.0.0.0
Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway diald[715]: start ppp0: SIOCSIFMTU: Invalid argument
Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway e-smith[1453]: Processing event: ip-up ppp0 /dev/ttyS1 115200 x.x.x.x x.x.x.y diald
Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway e-smith[1453]: Running event handler: /etc/e-smith/events/ip-up/S20email-ipup
Jul 23 19:09:27 gateway diald[715]: Closing down idle link.
Jul 23 19:09:27 gateway diald[715]: start sl0: SIOCSIFMTU: Invalid argument
Jul 23 19:09:27 gateway pppd[1413]: Terminating on signal 2.
Jul 23 19:09:27 gateway pppd[1413]: Connection terminated.
Jul 23 19:09:27 gateway pppd[1413]: Connect time 29.8 minutes.
Jul 23 19:09:27 gateway pppd[1413]: Sent 35102 bytes, received 450415 bytes.
Jul 23 19:09:27 gateway pppd[1413]: Exit.

Heng

[sam russo]

Telstra Bigpond static IP permanent connection confusion:

My problem seems very much related to this discussion but I cannot seem to find a solution to  it.
At my place of work we have a linux box (setup by someone else ) which has a permanent connection and static IP address with telstra Bigpond. What I don't understand is where to put the other info for connection to telstra via the e-smith configuration.
The details given from Telstra are:
dialin:    1234567
username:    mywork
password:    xyz333
tihost:   arm2.armidale (telstras hostname for their equipment-It is used as part of the CHAP authentication. Local site needs to be configured to accept this hostname)
tiip:    (139.130.47.129) The IP address of the Telstra Big Pond Direct equipment that I'll be connecting to.
custip:    ( 139.130.47.134) The IP address of my equipment. e.g The IP address of the e-smith box (Note this really confuses me as the lannets below is also a set of IPS routed to my site.)
custmask:    (255.255.255.128) The mask used in conjuction with custip to identify the subnet my equipment is connected to
lannets:       (203.57.34.23  we're only using 1 of these IP's given 203.57.34.16/28) This is the block of IPs that are routed to my site.

Now my job is to  connect our e-smith box 4.1.2 to this connection. (The present connectioin is a linux box redat 5.2 which will be turned off and laid to rest)
I cannot see how to connect the above details with the e-smith configuration. I'm especially confused with the tiip and the lannets. On the present redhat 5.2  a ifconfig -a gives ppp0 as: inet add 203.57.34.23 and p-t-p 139.130.47.129 and mask 255.255.255.128
Please could someone give me directions on how to connect our e-smith box (which has one nic with an internal eth0 as 192.168.0.1).
Any help would be grately appreciated.
sam russo
sam@duval.nsw.edu.au
Heng wrote:
>
> Hi Phil,
>
> I got it working by:
>
> 1. Change the line in /etc/diald.conf by replacing
> noipdefault with x.x.x.x: (my external ip address)
> pppd-options name "microchp" noauth x.x.x.x: ipparam diald
>
> 2. Put my external IP address, external netmask and Telstra
> gateway in /home/e-smith/configuration.
>
> 3. Reboot
>
> I now have another problem. The link auto disconnects when
> it's idle for sometime(don't know how long). Do you know of
> any parameters I can set to turnoff this idle disconnect? I
> noticed in the /var/log/messages, there's a line with "start
> ppp0: SIOCSIFMTU: Invalid argument" - any idea what's causing
> this?
>
> I attach a section of the message file for your assistance.
>
> Jul 23 18:39:41 gateway diald[715]: Connected to site 0.0.0.0
> Jul 23 18:39:41 gateway diald[715]: Running pppd (pid = 1413).
> Jul 23 18:39:41 gateway diald[1413]: Running pppd:
> /usr/sbin/pppd -defaultroute -detach modem crtscts mtu 1500
> mru 1500 name microchp noauth 139.130.80.125: ipparam diald
> Jul 23 18:39:41 gateway kernel: registered device ppp0
> Jul 23 18:39:41 gateway pppd[1413]: pppd 2.4.0 started by
> root, uid 0
> Jul 23 18:39:41 gateway pppd[1413]: Using interface ppp0
> Jul 23 18:39:41 gateway pppd[1413]: Connect: ppp0 <-->
> /dev/ttyS1
> Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway kernel: PPP BSD Compression module
> registered
> Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway kernel: PPP Deflate Compression
> module registered
> Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway pppd[1413]: local  IP address x.x.x.x
> Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway pppd[1413]: remote IP address x.x.x.y
> Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway diald[715]: New addresses: local
> x.x.x.x, remote x.x.xy, broadcast 0.0.0.0
> Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway diald[715]: start ppp0: SIOCSIFMTU:
> Invalid argument
> Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway e-smith[1453]: Processing event:
> ip-up ppp0 /dev/ttyS1 115200 x.x.x.x x.x.x.y diald
> Jul 23 18:39:45 gateway e-smith[1453]: Running event handler:
> /etc/e-smith/events/ip-up/S20email-ipup
> Jul 23 19:09:27 gateway diald[715]: Closing down idle link.
> Jul 23 19:09:27 gateway diald[715]: start sl0: SIOCSIFMTU:
> Invalid argument
> Jul 23 19:09:27 gateway pppd[1413]: Terminating on signal 2.
> Jul 23 19:09:27 gateway pppd[1413]: Connection terminated.
> Jul 23 19:09:27 gateway pppd[1413]: Connect time 29.8 minutes.
> Jul 23 19:09:27 gateway pppd[1413]: Sent 35102 bytes,
> received 450415 bytes.
> Jul 23 19:09:27 gateway pppd[1413]: Exit.
>
> Heng