 Connect to internet with AirCable USB? |
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 Feb 18 2004, 01:38 AM
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Got my AirCable USB yesterday (<1week delivery from the states to Sweden
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To anyone who has one of these running against a Windows machine, like w2k, how do you set it up to connect to the internet through that machine? ALso, how do I get it to act like a USB cable and not a serial (/dev/ttyS0) connection? |
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Feb 18 2004, 01:44 AM
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Feb 18 2004, 02:50 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 8-December 03 From: Lund, Sweden Member No.: 1,071 |
Quick reply
I tried to follow the guides. I have a serial connection on w2k/COM3 that accepts 192.168.129.1-192.168.129.2 and the Z is set to 192.168.129.1 in "PC Link". However, I don't have a /etc/ppp/pcdial script... and ppp-on says "can't find ./SETVAR". My Z is a C860 that runt TkROM and sukoshi kernel, BTW. |
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Feb 18 2004, 04:13 AM
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thats for the sl5500, sl5600 I don't know if that would work with the C860 (should post what Z you have in your question). the script is cut and paste from the howto and ppp-on should be in /etc/ppp/. Sorry I can't help more.
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Feb 18 2004, 05:04 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 8-December 03 From: Lund, Sweden Member No.: 1,071 |
OK, I've done the "Connecting to Win2K from the Z" HOWTO and now have the pcdial and dialpc files, and I have setup w2k with the address range 192.168.129.1-255. When I run "init 3" I see the aircable connecting and going to "blue" mode.
I then run /etc/ppp/pcdial and get a "Device ttyS0 is locked by pid N" where N is the pid of pppd. Absolutely nothing else happens, not on the Z and not on w2k. (BTW, maybe unrelated but isn't there supposed to be an usbnet module loaded somewhere at this point? modprobe/insmod can't find that one on my Z. Or is that only on a Linux *host*?) |
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Feb 18 2004, 05:34 AM
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The "init 3" is for the sl5500 because ppp does not start automatily. I have no idea about the c860 . try searching the forum.
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Feb 18 2004, 06:05 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 8-December 03 From: Lund, Sweden Member No.: 1,071 |
Some progress: I noticed that I don't have an /etc/chatscripts folder, nor do I have an /etc/ppp/chatscripts/win2k file. Could you post your file here?
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Feb 18 2004, 06:30 AM
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Here it is I hope it helps
----------------------code---------------------- # TIMEOUT 360 "" "CLIENTCLIENTc" "SERVER" "SERVERc" ------------------------end code------------------ |
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Feb 18 2004, 08:27 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 8-December 03 From: Lund, Sweden Member No.: 1,071 |
Thanks for the file.
My problems seems to be that pppd is started by "init 3" and then runs all the time and has a lock on /dev/ttyS0, which prevents the "dialling". |
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Feb 18 2004, 09:28 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 24-May 03 Member No.: 38 |
Well then reboot and don't run init 3.
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Feb 19 2004, 12:14 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 8-December 03 From: Lund, Sweden Member No.: 1,071 |
So init 3 was just for testing after the first set-up?
Now I've got the exact files and configs from the HOWTO, and pcdial starts ok. But after about a minute (or when I manually run ppp-off) it says "Connect script failed", probably because w2k doesn't respond. I have the virtual COM3 port with a "cable between computers", 115200 with hardware flow control, 8/none/1. I also have the Incoming Connections network entry on w2k, but I can't see if it's actually listening on COM3. Is there a way to do this? |
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Feb 19 2004, 12:43 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 8-December 03 From: Lund, Sweden Member No.: 1,071 |
Like most windows problems, this one was solved by UPDATING THE DRIVERS. Apparently, the drivers that were included on the CD were the 1.00.2115 ones from december 2002!
Now I have a working serial connection to w2k. Next step is to get w2k to let the Z out on the internet. 8) |
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Feb 19 2004, 01:18 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 24-May 03 Member No.: 38 |
You are connecting to win2k from the Z, the init 3 is for connecting to the Z from win2k. I glad you got it working.
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