RedHat and ISDN4Linux

Mirko Zeibig

Version 0.59

$Date: 1999/12/29 20:09:28 $

How to use isdn4Linux and RedHat (>=5.2). Documentation and a script-package.


Table of Contents
1. What is it good for?
2. Source- and other requisites
2.1. Hard- and Software and elsewhere
2.2. Compiling the kernel and configuring PnP devices
3. The Package
3.1. Adjusting ISDN
3.2. Setting up your ipppd
3.3. Test your settings
3.4. Scripts in /etc/ppp/ippp0.d
4. Adjusting ISDN
4.1. /etc/isdn/callerid.conf
4.2. /etc/sysconfig/isdn
4.3. /etc/isdn/ippp0.conf
5. Setting up your ipppd
5.1. /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
5.2. /etc/ppp/ippp0.d/options
5.3. /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ippp0
6. Test your settings
6.1. The unconnected state
6.2. A simple ping to test dynamic IP
6.3. ISDN4Linux at startup
7. Scripts in /etc/ppp/ippp0.d
7.1. A few words on the concepts
7.2. The scripts
8. Multiple Configurations
8.1. Modifications in /etc/ppp
8.2. Modifications in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
8.3. Modifications in /etc/isdn
8.4. More than one ISDN-card
9. Doing it with rh-isdn-conf
9.1. Prerequisites
9.2. How to use it
9.3. The screens
9.4. And now?
10. Frequently asked Questions
11. What now?
11.1. Disclaimers etc.
11.2. Useful links to other sites dealing with RH and ISDN
Appendix A. ChangeLog
Appendix B. Copying

1. What is it good for?

As RedHat does not seem to care for ISDN I wrote a few scripts on my own with a little bit of inspiration by isdn4net and the SuSE-startup-files. There is a spanish version [1] of this document available.

This is tested for RH 5.2 in combination with PAP-PPP, dynamic IP and an Elsa QuikStep 1000 ISA-card (only hisax is tested with these scripts right now, but it should be no problem to adjust them easily to other hardware).

Note: I now have tested the package with the "german" Halloween III which is a descendant of RH6.0. Feel free to comment and change things, as though I am nearly perfect there might nonetheless be space for corrections and improvements ;-). Take care to look into ChangeLog as well, some rewrite might have been done in configuration as well. Of course have a look at the Disclaimer-section.

Notes

[1]

A little outdated though.