Topic: Telstra Bigpond & SME 7.0

[narf]

Can anyone help me, I can't get bpalogin to work on 7.0b1.
I have followed the instructions on the symantic site, but still no go.
When I run bpalogin -D it returnes Segmentation Fault
but it does show up in /var/log/messages.
But won't login.

Please Help

[CharlieBrady]

When I run bpalogin -D it returnes Segmentation Fault

You'll need a bugfixed version of bpalogin, or at least one which has been rebuilt under CentOS4 (or some later version of RedHat).

Only someone in Australia will likely be able to help you, as noone else can test against BigPond.

[narf]

I've downloaded the latest version from bpalogin.sourceforge.net, but I still can't seem to get it working.
Does anyone have any information on getting it going??

[ldkeen]

Narf,
Did you have any luck getting bpalogin working with sme7?? I have to do a setup some time this week. I've compiled the latest bpalogin from the src rpm against sme7, you can download it here if you want to give it a try. www.comnetel.com/bpalogin I'll post my results over the next few days.
Regards Lloyd

[CharlieBrady]

Narf,
Did you have any luck getting bpalogin working with sme7?? I have to do a setup some time this week. I've compiled the latest bpalogin from the src rpm against sme7, you can download it here if you want to give it a try. www.comnetel.com/bpalogin I'll post my results over the next few days.
Regards Lloyd

Please copy the information from this thread to a topic in the Bug Tracker - Contribs section. Thanks.

[dwhitnall]

Lloyd, did you get bpalogin working for sme7 ??
I haven't got a spare maching to try it on, so I will have to reload it

[CharlieBrady]

Lloyd, did you get bpalogin working for sme7 ??

If he did, it would be useful if he posts all he knows about the issue into the bug tracker.

[matt001]

Did anyone get this working, as I am looking at upgrading to SME 7 but also have Telstra BigPond Cable.

[groutley]

Did anyone get this working, as I am looking at upgrading to SME 7 but also have Telstra BigPond Cable.

Hi,  finally fed up of waiting for someone that has a clue to get this working.
  I did it myself !
I downloaded the bpalogin-2.0-linux-2.4.bin found at http://bpalogin.sourceforge.net/download/bpalogin-2.0-linux-2.4.bin
and issued 'sh bpalogin-2.0-linux-2.4.bin'
just answer the prompts 'defaults' mainly except for userid and password for bigpond.
And Hey !  it works !
I am running V7.0 RC2 and this method got me online !
Finally I can now see if I can migrate my mail across to this new Version

[william_syd]

BigPond is finally retiring the notorious "heartbeat" authentication system from its cable network, according to notices sent to some customers.

The change has come about because of a new billing system Telstra has been implementing over the past 12 months, which will consolidate a number of different systems and increase flexibility for both BigPond and its customers.

A statement to customers said that the proprietary login software BigPond Cable users were required to run will no longer be needed. "After your account is moved to our new billing system, your service will auto-connect and authenticate to BigPond from your modem", said the statement.

The "heartbeat" system is unique to BigPond in Australia. For the connection to work, special software has to run on the users PC, or their network router has to have BigPond specific support built into it. Even when a router does support BigPond it is often unreliable. In contrast, competitor Optus requires no special software, and plugging in the cable modem is all that is required.

The upgrade will no doubt be welcomed by customers, who have been plagued with technical issues due to the heartbeat system. These include connection dropouts and difficulty setting up routers for multiple computers and VoIP.

When BigPond cable was introduced, the typical user setup was a single PC and the broadband modem. These days, households have multiple PCs and a myriad of other equipment, so the removal of the heartbeat makes a lot of sense.

Source: http://www.whirlpool.net.au/

[groutley]

can anyone tell me how I can make bpalogin Autostart on sme7 ?
I have it installed and it logs in and keeps me online no problems..
But I must manually run  /etc/rc.d/init.d/bpalogin start
every time I reboot.

thanks

[william_syd]

can anyone tell me how I can make bpalogin Autostart on sme7 ?
I have it installed and it logs in and keeps me online no problems..
But I must manually run  /etc/rc.d/init.d/bpalogin start
every time I reboot.

thanks

You probably start it like any other aftermarket contrib......

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/sbin/e-smith/db configuration set bpalogin service status enabled

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/sbin/e-smith/signal-event console-save

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/sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade

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ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/e-smith-service /etc/rc7.d/S98bpalogin

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/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

I'm an Optus cable user so I'm not 100% sure.

Confirm with the developer manual http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/gordonr/devguide/html/devguide.html

If it does work, and Telstra gets rid of the 'heartbeat' requirement, just do

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/sbin/e-smith/db configuration setprop bpalogin status disabled
to stop it starting.

With the above changes...

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/etc/rc7.d/S98bpalogin start
will start it and

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/etc/rc7.d/S98bpalogin stop
will stop it.