Suse network installation via ISDN impossible?
Hello, I have a couple of question about SuSE network installation. I am not connected to internet via network. I am usin ISDN modem (Aethra NT-IP, 128kbps) and it is connected to computer via rs232. I've burned ISO boot network image, but i am unable to select module that will allow me to dial-up the internet (there's no such module). There are only network-cards modules. Is it possible to perform installation using ISDN external modem? What shall I do? maybe i shouldn't download and burn iso image, but use boot-diskette? I have no idea, what can i do now. Ich hoffe dass Sie veranworten meine fragen. Kind regards, Krzysztof Kruszynski
Templar Spacer schrieb:
I have a couple of question about SuSE network installation. I am not connected to internet via network. I am usin ISDN modem (Aethra NT-IP, 128kbps) and it is connected to computer via rs232. I've burned ISO boot network image, but i am unable to select module that will allow me to dial-up the internet (there's no such module). There are only network-cards modules. Is it possible to perform installation using ISDN external modem? What shall I do? maybe i shouldn't download and burn iso image, but use boot-diskette? I have no idea, what can i do now. Ich hoffe dass Sie veranworten meine fragen.
If you use an external ISDN modem which is connected via the serial interface (RS232), you need to configure it like an analog connection. That means you have to use pppd instead of ipppd. If that information is not enough to say you what to do, look for installation instructions for analog modems in the internet. They will help you. But I think (but I am not sure) there is some installation procedure within yast you can use. Jochen
hi
If you use an external ISDN modem which is connected via the serial interface (RS232), you need to configure it like an analog connection. That means you have to use pppd instead of ipppd.
well.... sorrry that i haven't told you that i don't have linux installed yet. i have a clean harddrive, network boot cd in my hand and working cd-rom drive :-) of course i also have external isdn card connected to rs232. i don't have any idea if i can make a network-install boot cd to dial to internet via rs232. there are lots of network-card modules, but i don;t have network card :-(, so i can't access suse ftp :-( help
Templar Spacer schrieb:
well.... sorrry that i haven't told you that i don't have linux installed yet. i have a clean harddrive, network boot cd in my hand and working cd-rom drive :-) of course i also have external isdn card connected to rs232.
Why not installing Linux from the CD drive?
i don't have any idea if i can make a network-install boot cd to dial to internet via rs232. there are lots of network-card modules, but i don;t have network card :-(, so i can't access suse ftp :-(
There is one big difference: To run a network card, you need a driver module for that network card. To use an ISDN modem you need a pppd daemon, which is not a module but a program. And that program additionally loads the ppp module. But it is the pppd daemon program which communicates with the ISDN modem. So it is not enough to start some modules to have network connections via ISDN. I don't know whether there is any possiblity to start the pppd daemon during installation process. Jochen
Am Fre, 2003-06-13 um 12.50 schrieb Templar Spacer:
hi
If you use an external ISDN modem which is connected via the serial interface (RS232), you need to configure it like an analog connection. That means you have to use pppd instead of ipppd.
well.... sorrry that i haven't told you that i don't have linux installed yet. i have a clean harddrive, network boot cd in my hand and working cd-rom drive :-) of course i also have external isdn card connected to rs232.
i don't have any idea if i can make a network-install boot cd to dial to internet via rs232. there are lots of network-card modules, but i don;t have network card :-(, so i can't access suse ftp :-(
help
hi, If it is possible to run a rescue-System or Knoppix or something like that on your hardware, you could write a little script which connects through rs232 to your isdn-modem. THe modem AFAIK should be able to understand AT-commands. Perhaps this could be a starting point for access to the ftp-Server. I never tried such an installation before, but I know that it is rather easy to manage a modem via rs232. HTH, Wolfgang
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