Caos,
Here's a link to where you can find the necessary files (courtesy of Charlie Brady).
http://www.e-smith.org/contrib/rpm-index/RPM_by_contrib_last-Brady.htmlHere's a text copy of the original Howto. (Sorry, the formatting probably looks pretty bad - but the info should be legible).
Regards,
Kelvin
Howto follows below :-
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bpalogin howto
1:Who needs it?
bpalogin is only relevent to those who need to connect to the TELSTRA cable network in Australia.
You don,t need it for TELSTRA ADSL connections.
2:Who did the work?
Charlie Brady and Gordon Rowell at e-smith did all the work.
We have used this version on several installs but the process is a bit counter-intuitive, hence this howto.
3:What do you need?
You will need the three rpm's listed below.
rpm -ivh bpalogin-1.3-2.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh perl-Net-DNS-0.12-3.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh e-smith-bpalogin-1.3.0-02.noarch.rpm
4: Download and install
Go to section 5 if you are familiar with this stuff.
Download the three rpm's above to an ibay on your server
Log in to your server as root at the command line.
[If your at the console hit Alt F2. That will get you there]
Change to the directory you put them in
cd /home/e-smith/files/ibays/the_ibay_you_put_them_in/files
Check to see if they are there
ls
Issue the following commands to install. Hash marks indicate progress.
rpm -ivh bpalogin-1.3-2.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh perl-Net-DNS-0.12-3.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh e-smith-bpalogin-1.3.0-02.noarch.rpm
You have now installed everything required to configure bpalogin.
5: Configuration
Back to the console.[Alt F1]
At the console, choose configure this server and gateway.
The first screen to alter is:
External Interface Configuration
Next, specify how to configure the external ethernet adapter
"For cablemodem connections, select DHCP. Use the "account name" option if your ISP has assigned a system name for your connection. Otherwise use the "ethernet address" option. For residential ADSL, use PPPoE. For most corporate connections, use a static IP address.
Keep the current setting (DHCP with ethernet address)
1. Use DHCP (send account name as client identifier)
2. DHCP (send ethernet address as client identifier)
3. Use PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)
4. Use static IP address (do not use DHCP or PPPoE)"
[No, its not PPOE but do it anyway]
Select PPPoE user account
Please enter the user account name for your PPPoE Internet
connection. Most PPPoE service providers use an account name and
e-mail domain. For example, fredfrog@frog.pond
yourusername___________________________________________________
Supply your username. DO NOT use the @BIGPOND part.
Select PPPoE password
You have selected PPPoE account "youraccount". Please
enter the password for your PPPoE Internet connection.
yourpassword________________________________________________________________
[These values are used by bpalogin. Note, you must back-track to the External Interface Configuration screen]]
You should now be back where you started
External Interface Configuration
For cablemodem connections, select DHCP. Use the "account name" option if your ISP has assigned a system name for your connection. Otherwise use the "ethernet address" option. For residential ADSL, use PPPoE. For most corporate connections, use a static IP address.
Keep the current setting (Use PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) )
1. Use DHCP (send account name as client identifier)
2. Use DHCP (send ethernet address as client identifier)
3. Use PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)
4. Use static IP address (do not use DHCP or PPPoE)"
[This time, you choose the DHCP-ethernet option]
You can now go through to the end of the configuration screens.
Answer Yes to save changes
And Yes you want to reboot now
6:Still no connection?
a: Monitor the messages log file[log in at command promt] and watch for bpalogin messages
cd /var/log
tail -f messages
b. Look at your modem. Is the "link" light on?
If not you do not have a connection to telstra. If this is a new installation it can take 2 hours.
c. Did you change Ethernet cards? Did the Telstra technician use their laptop?
Telstra lock the IP to the Hardware address of the ethernet card. CALL TELSTRA and ask them to release the IP. Otherwise, it will take ages.
Good Luck!
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