<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Testing your connection script</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Linux PPP HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="The pppd debug and file option_file options" HREF="x1290.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Shutting down the PPP link" HREF="off.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="CHAPTER" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" ><A HREF="http://www.linuxports.com/howto/ppp" TARGET="_top" >Linux PPP HOWTO</A ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x1290.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="off.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="CHAPTER" ><H1 ><A NAME="AEN1303">Chapter 19. Testing your connection script</H1 ><P >Open a new root Xterm (if you are in X) or open a new virtual console and log in as root.</P ><P >In this new session, issue the command</P ><P > <TABLE BORDER="1" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" >tail -f /var/log/messages</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > </P ><P >(or whatever your system log file is).</P ><P >In the first window (or virtual console) issue the command</P ><P > <TABLE BORDER="1" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" >ppp-on &</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > </P ><P >(or whatever name you have called your edited version of /usr/sbin/ppp- on). If you do not put the script into the background by specifying & at the end of the command, you will not get your terminal prompt back until ppp exits (when the link terminates).</P ><P >Now switch back to the window that is tracking your system log.</P ><P >You will see something like the following (provided you specified -v to chat and -d to pppd)....this is the chat script and responses being logged to the system log file followed by the start up information for pppd :-</P ><P > <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" >Oct 21 16:09:58 hwin chat[19868]: abort on (NO CARRIER) Oct 21 16:09:59 hwin chat[19868]: abort on (BUSY) Oct 21 16:09:59 hwin chat[19868]: send (ATZ^M) Oct 21 16:09:59 hwin chat[19868]: expect (OK) Oct 21 16:10:00 hwin chat[19868]: ATZ^M^M Oct 21 16:10:00 hwin chat[19868]: OK -- got it Oct 21 16:10:00 hwin chat[19868]: send (ATDT722298^M) Oct 21 16:10:00 hwin chat[19868]: expect (CONNECT) Oct 21 16:10:00 hwin chat[19868]: ^M Oct 21 16:10:22 hwin chat[19868]: ATDT722298^M^M Oct 21 16:10:22 hwin chat[19868]: CONNECT -- got it Oct 21 16:10:22 hwin chat[19868]: send (^M) Oct 21 16:10:22 hwin chat[19868]: expect (ogin:) Oct 21 16:10:23 hwin chat[19868]: kepler login: -- got it Oct 21 16:10:23 hwin chat[19868]: send (hartr^M) Oct 21 16:10:23 hwin chat[19868]: expect (ssword:) Oct 21 16:10:23 hwin chat[19868]: hartr^M Oct 21 16:10:23 hwin chat[19868]: Password: -- got it Oct 21 16:10:23 hwin chat[19868]: send (??????^M) Oct 21 16:10:23 hwin chat[19868]: expect (hartr) Oct 21 16:10:24 hwin chat[19868]: [hartr -- got it Oct 21 16:10:24 hwin chat[19868]: send (ppp^M) Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19872]: pppd 2.1.2 started by root, uid 0 Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: Using interface ppp0 Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/cua1 Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: fsm_sdata(LCP): Sent code 1, id 1. Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: LCP: sending Configure-Request, id 1 Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: fsm_rconfreq(LCP): Rcvd id 1. Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: lcp_reqci: rcvd MRU Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: (1500) Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: (ACK) Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: lcp_reqci: rcvd ASYNCMAP Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: (0) Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: (ACK) Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: lcp_reqci: rcvd MAGICNUMBER Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: (a098b898) Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: (ACK) Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: lcp_reqci: rcvd PCOMPRESSION Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: (ACK) Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: lcp_reqci: rcvd ACCOMPRESSION Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: (ACK) Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: lcp_reqci: returning CONFACK. Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: fsm_sdata(LCP): Sent code 2, id 1. Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: fsm_rconfack(LCP): Rcvd id 1. Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: fsm_sdata(IPCP): Sent code 1, id 1. Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: IPCP: sending Configure-Request, id 1 Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: fsm_rconfreq(IPCP): Rcvd id 1. Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: ipcp: received ADDR Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: (10.144.153.51) Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: (ACK) Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: ipcp: received COMPRESSTYPE Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: (45) Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: (ACK) Oct 21 16:10:27 hwin pppd[19873]: ipcp: returning Configure-ACK Oct 21 16:10:28 hwin pppd[19873]: fsm_sdata(IPCP): Sent code 2, id 1. Oct 21 16:10:30 hwin pppd[19873]: fsm_sdata(IPCP): Sent code 1, id 1. Oct 21 16:10:30 hwin pppd[19873]: IPCP: sending Configure-Request, id 1 Oct 21 16:10:30 hwin pppd[19873]: fsm_rconfreq(IPCP): Rcvd id 255. Oct 21 16:10:31 hwin pppd[19873]: ipcp: received ADDR Oct 21 16:10:31 hwin pppd[19873]: (10.144.153.51) Oct 21 16:10:31 hwin pppd[19873]: (ACK) Oct 21 16:10:31 hwin pppd[19873]: ipcp: received COMPRESSTYPE Oct 21 16:10:31 hwin pppd[19873]: (45) Oct 21 16:10:31 hwin pppd[19873]: (ACK) Oct 21 16:10:31 hwin pppd[19873]: ipcp: returning Configure-ACK Oct 21 16:10:31 hwin pppd[19873]: fsm_sdata(IPCP): Sent code 2, id 255. Oct 21 16:10:31 hwin pppd[19873]: fsm_rconfack(IPCP): Rcvd id 1. Oct 21 16:10:31 hwin pppd[19873]: ipcp: up Oct 21 16:10:31 hwin pppd[19873]: local IP address 10.144.153.104 Oct 21 16:10:31 hwin pppd[19873]: remote IP address 10.144.153.51</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > </P ><P >(Note - I am using STATIC IP numbers - hence my machine sent that to the PPP server - you won't see this if you are using DYNAMIC IP numbers.) Also, this server requires a specific command to start ppp at its end.</P ><P >This looks OK - so test it out as before with pings to IP numbers and host names.</P ><P >Fire up you web browser or whatever and go surfing - you are connected!</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x1290.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="off.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >The pppd <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >debug</TT > and <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >file option_file</TT > options</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Shutting down the PPP link</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >