ISA ISDN Cards Without Plug and Play (ISA-nonPnP ISDN Cards)

Support knowledgebase (oezcan_isdn)
Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.3

Situation

You have set up an ISA ISDN card (without PnP support) by means of YaST2 and subsequently saved the configuration. However, you obtain the following error message from the connecting tool "kinternet":

    No connection to the smpppd. You can change
    the parameters for the server connection
    in the dialog "Various settings" and try
    the option "Reconnect to server".

or

    Connection to local and remote server
    refused. Maybe the smpppd is not running
    or your are not member of the group "dialout".

After having added the user to the group "dialout" and restored the connection to the server, you still obtain the same error messages.

The cause of this problem might be that there are no interfaces available for the card or that the smpppd has not been started.

Procedure

First check if the smppp daemon is already running. You can do this by entering the command rcsmpppd status as root.

If the output is unused, please refer to the article "Has SMPPPD Been Started?".

If, on the other hand, the output is running, please proceed as follows:

Enter the command rci4l restart in a root shell. Again, if the following output is displayed:

    Shutting down network device and ipppd for ippp0.
    ippp0: unknown interface: No such device
    /dev/isdninfo: No such device
    /dev/isdninfo: No such device
    Starting isdn4linux on device ippp0
    /dev/isdninfo: No such device
    /usr/sbin/rci4l: ippp0 doesn't exist in /proc/net/dev
    Check ISDN hardware configuration and activate	

then please follow the steps below:

Check if your card includes a jumper for the interrupt setting.

The I/O port address can be read from the card and entered accordingly.

Please proceed as follows to configure your ISA card:

  1. Start yast as user root. If you are in KDE, press ALT-F2 and enter xterm. Then start yast in the displayed window.
  2. Go to System administration, Integrate hardware into system, and then to Configure ISDN hardware.
  3. Fill in the mask. In case you are not sure about what you should enter, please refer to the documentation at /usr/share/doc/packages/i4l.
  4. After having entered the necessary information, please select the entry ISDN parameters.
  5. Please verify again your access data in the mask.
  6. Save again if there have been any changes. If not, proceed as described in the next point.
  7. Go now to the menu entries Network configuration, Network base configuration
  8. Create the new device ISDN SyncPPP (with F5). Press RETURN to access the menu Enter the network addresses.
  9. Do not modify the existing settings (your host IP address is 192.168.0.99 and the IP address of the Point-to-Point partner is 192.168.0.1) but change the default gateway to the same address as IP address of the Point-to-Point partner (192.168.0.1).
  10. Finish with Continue.
  11. Activate the card with F4 in the mask Selection of network.
  12. Save with F10.
  13. Go to the menu entry Configuration nameserver and answer the question with Yes.
  14. Enter now the IP address of your provider's name server (DNS). If you do not know its IP address, please ask your provider or search for it at your provider's website.
  15. Finish yast. Enter init 2 in a terminal. If KDE (and X) are still running, they will be closed.
  16. Login as root.
  17. If you start X with startx, please enter init 3 to start the network. If, on the other hand, you use a graphical login, enter init 5 to start.
  18. After starting e.g. Konqueror, now you are ready to surf on the Internet.

Please see also the support database article "Problems caused by the BIOS option "PnP OS"".

Please note that the setup of an ISDN card exceeds the scope of the free installation support. Should you have any problems regarding this matter, please refer to the Advanced Support. You can find a detailed list of the issues covered by the Advanced Support service at the following URL: "http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/jsj_advanced_ support_services_phone.html".


Keywords: SMPPPD, KINTERNET, ISDN, NONPNP, INTERRUPT, DIALOUT, SERVER, ISA

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