BTinternet pppd mini-HOWTO

Matt Wright

Matt Wright Consulting

            matt@consultmatt.co.uk
         

Greg Ferguson - Converted the mini-HOWTO from HTML to Docbook 3.1 (SGML).

2001-11-17

Revision History
Revision v0.25 2001-11-17 Revised by: mww
Added a troubleshooting answer about "_mmx_memcpy". Other minor updates as well.
Revision v0.24 2001-11-09 Revised by: mww
Technical detail with the chatscript timeout (and found a spelling mistake or two!). Thanks again to Bill Staehle.
Revision v0.23 2001-11-07 Revised by: mww
Changed the Chatscript dialing method, thanks go to TonyC from btinternet.linux newsgroup.
Revision v0.22 2001-11-06 Revised by: mww
Changed a couple more little botches. Thanks again go to Bill Staehle.
Revision v0.21 2001-11-03 Revised by: mww
Changed discrepancies reported by Bill Staehle.
Revision v0.20 2001-11-01 Revised by: mww
Added Alcatel Speedtouch Information.
Revision v0.19 2001-10-31 Revised by: mww
Initial public release.

This document describes how to setup a modem pppd link to Btinternet in the UK.


Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Copyright and License
1.2. Mailing Lists
1.3. About the author
1.4. Acknowledgements
2. Requirements
3. Surftime
3.1. PPPd Setup
3.2. Chatscript (Dialup)
3.3. Authentication
3.4. Setting your global options
3.5. Testing your link
3.6. Dialing scripts
4. BTi Anytime
5. BTOpenworld Home 500 (Alcatel Speedtouch USB)
5.1. About this section
5.2. Warning
5.3. Requirements
5.4. Software Downloads
5.5. Patching your kernel
5.6. Kernel Drivers and Software
5.7. PPPd Configuration
5.8. Testing your link
6. Simple IP Masquerading
7. Troubleshooting
7.1. Help! Lynx gives unable to access document
7.2. My kernel < 2.4.2 crashes using the Alcatel driver
7.3. PPPd crashes when it loads the PPPoATM module
7.4. insmod speedtch.o gives: "Unresolved symbol: _mmx_memcpy"
8. Further Reading