Connecting to the net with
AT&T Worldnet
For Redhat linux 5.1 - 6.0
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By Ted Harden
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Setting up a PPP account can be very frustrating. It is even harder when your ISP is lacking good answers to your problem. Until about a month ago I was a frustrated AT&T customer. I was bouncing around the net, Scanning the WURD newsgroups, looking for anything I could find. Then one day, it worked! out of the blue. So i backed up all of the information i could find onto a disk, and have gotten it to work every time. This howto will show you how to access the internet with AT&T
In order to use these directions properly, print out this page, and save both
resolv.conf -
http://members.xoom.com/MAjiK_MAn/att/resolv.conf
chap-secrets -
http://members.xoom.com/MAjiK_MAn/att/chap-secrets
to a diskette so you can use them later.....
The following Section is directions to connect. please follow them, if there are any problems, contact me.
1. In a terminal, type netcfg. This will open the network configurator.
2. Fill in the information according to the sections. * means leave it blank
[Names]
Hostname: worldnet.att.net
domain: *
Nameservers:204.127.160.1
204.127.129.1
[Hosts]
If the info is already there,leave it how it is
IP: 127.0.0.1
Name: localhost
NickNames: localhost.localdomain
[Interfaces]
A. Click "Add"
B. Select "PPP" and click "OK"
C. in "Phone Number:" type the local AT&T Acess number -EG"7070171" and then Click "Customize"
[Hardware]
Linespeed: 57600 "or select whatever speed you have"
Modem Port: "Choose your modem port"
PPP Options: *
[Communication]
Modem Init String: ATZ
Modem Dial Command ATDT
Phone Number: "Your local AT&T NUMBER" eg"7070171"
Remove all of the "EXPECT" and "SEND" info
[Networking]
0 - Activate Interface at boot time
X - Set Default route what makeing connection
X - Restart PPP when connection fails
Everything else should be empty
[PAP]
Clear everything out, nothing should be on this window.
E. Click Done and then "Save"
3. Ok, now you need to open up a shell, so we can edit some files. It is vital that you copy and paste these files, because if you were to type them, there would be missing characters to please copy and paste or get the files.
A1. Mount your floppy drive.
Try mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy first and if that doesn't work
Try mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
A. Copy "resolv.conf" from the disk to "/etc/resolv.conf"
cp /mnt/floppy/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
B. Copy "chap-secrets" from the disk to "/etc/ppp/chap-secrets"
cp /mnt/floppy/chap-secrets /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
C. Edit "/etc/ppp/chap-secrets" so it will fit your info. Remember not to change any parts of the file, except the userid and the password. Edit the file by typing:
pico /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
You should get a screen that looks like this. Replace 999999999 with your AT&T UserID, and xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with your password. Don't change anything else.
# PAP/CHAP authentication file.
# This file should have a permission of 600.
# chmod 600 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
# Username Server Password IP addresses
"999999999@worldnet.att.net" * "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" *
* "999999999@worldnet.att.net" "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" *
When you are done editing, hit CTRL+X and save it as "/etc/ppp/chap-secrets" then hit enter.
D. Unmount your floppy drive by typing:
umount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
4. From here on out, you should be set. To activate your dialup, open a shell and type "netcfg". Goto the [Interfaces] section, select ppp0, and then click activate. If you did everything right..... you should hear the modem dialing and connecting. All you have to do is fire up netscape and visit a web page. Congratulations!
5. It is important that you backup "/etc/resolv.conf" and "/etc/ppp/chap-secrets" to a floppy. It also wouldn't hurt to keep a copy of you account information printed and on the disk.
The files i specified may be found at http://members.xoom.com/MAjiK_MAn/att
Thanks to Joey and everyone else at http://www.linuxhelp.cat
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