Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Install Sierra Modem driver under Fedora 7 - 2.6.25 Kernel




[1] http://mycusthelp.net/SIERRAWIRELESS/_cs/AnswerDetail.aspx?sSessionID=&aid=5





PPP connection trouble shooting

[1] http://rsc.anu.edu.au/General/linux_ppp/ANU-PPP-HOWTO-5.html

From [1]
 A Working pppd Connection
The following is the output you should see from various commands while a correctly configured ppp connection is open.
ambceal@anuhost 1> last | head -1
amcbeal     pts/1        h138.anu.uniras. Sat Apr 17 10:50   still logged in
If other people have logged onto the ANU host after you, use
last | less   instead.
Your computer at home should show something like the following. With no ppp connection, the lo section would be the only part displayed.
amcbeal [home] 165> ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
          RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol  
          inet addr:203.108.55.138  P-t-P:203.108.192.15  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 
If you are on the slower subnet, the first part of the ppp0 section will show a different subnet for "inet addr"...
ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol  
          inet addr:203.108.192.94  P-t-P:203.108.192.14  Mask:255.255.255.255

The output from route on your computer at home.
Without a ppp connection, only the loopback route (127.0.0.0) is shown.
   
amcbeal [home] 163> route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
termcan2.ozemai *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
default         termcan2.ozemai 0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 ppp0

Debugging Output Written to /var/log/ppplog

The actual output looks like this...
Apr 20 15:57:58 localhost pppd[479]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0
...however I've removed the date and hostname for brevity.
The first part is the output from chat.
pppd[479]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0
chat[480]: send (AT^M)
chat[480]: expect (OK)
chat[480]: AT^M^M
chat[480]: OK
chat[480]:  -- got it 
chat[480]: send (ATDT 62578155^M)
chat[480]: expect (CONNECT)
chat[480]: ^M
chat[480]: ATDT 62578155^M^M
pppd[479]: Serial connection established.
chat[480]: CONNECT
chat[480]:  -- got it 
Now it switches to ppp.   Some of the abreviations it uses are:
LCP   Link Control Protocol
PAP   Password Authentication Protocol
IPCP   Internet Protocol Control Protocol
pppd[479]: Using interface ppp0
pppd[479]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
pppd[479]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0x8c5561c2> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[479]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth pap> <magic 0x3a9e2b78> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[479]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth pap> <magic 0x3a9e2b78> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[479]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <magic 0x8c5561c2> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[479]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <magic 0x8c5561c2> <pcomp> <accomp>]
pppd[479]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="amcbeal" password="ca1op3x"]
pppd[479]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x2 user="amcbeal" password="ca1op3x"]
pppd[479]: rcvd [PAP AuthAck id=0x1 ""]
pppd[479]: Remote message: 
pppd[479]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0> <compress VJ 0f 01>]
pppd[479]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 203.108.192.14>]
pppd[479]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 203.108.192.14>]
pppd[479]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <addr 203.108.55.26>]
pppd[479]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 203.108.55.26> <compress VJ 0f 01>]
pppd[479]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <addr 203.108.55.26> <compress VJ 0f 01>]
pppd[479]: local  IP address 203.108.55.26
pppd[479]: remote IP address 203.108.192.14
The following appears after you close the connection with /etc/ppp/scripts/ppp-off
pppd[479]: Terminating on signal 2.
pppd[479]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "User request"]
pppd[479]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x2]
pppd[479]: Connection terminated.
pppd[479]: Exit.

ppplog Output from a Working pppd Connection using CHAP

pppd[1160]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0
chat[1161]: abort on (BUSY)
chat[1161]: abort on (ERROR)
chat[1161]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
chat[1161]: abort on (NO DIALTONE)
chat[1161]: abort on (Invalid Login)
chat[1161]: abort on (Login incorrect)
chat[1161]: send (AT^M)
chat[1161]: expect (OK)
chat[1161]: AT^M^M
chat[1161]: OK
chat[1161]:  -- got it
chat[1161]: send (ATDT62617444^M)
chat[1161]: expect (CONNECT)
chat[1161]: ^M
chat[1161]: ATDT62617444^M^M
chat[1161]: CONNECT
chat[1161]:  -- got it
pppd[1160]: Serial connection established.
pppd[1160]: using channel 1
pppd[1160]: Using interface ppp0
pppd[1160]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
pppd[1160]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1    ]
pppd[1160]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 < 00 04 00 00>       ]
pppd[1160]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 < 00 04 00 00> ]
pppd[1160]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1    ]
pppd[1160]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2      ]
pppd[1160]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2      ]
pppd[1160]: rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0x1 , name = "tnt3.cbr1"]
pppd[1160]: sent [CHAP Response id=0x1 , name = "amcbeal@ozemail.com.au"]
pppd[1160]: rcvd [CHAP Success id=0x1 "\000"]
pppd[1160]: Remote message: ^@
pppd[1160]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1  ]
pppd[1160]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1   ]
pppd[1160]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1  ]
pppd[1160]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1  ]
pppd[1160]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 ]
pppd[1160]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2  ]
pppd[1160]: rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x3 80 fd 01 01 00 0f 1a 04 78 00 18 04 78 00 15 03 2f]
pppd[1160]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2  ]
pppd[1160]: local  IP address 210.84.37.27
pppd[1160]: remote IP address 210.84.63.40
pppd[1160]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started (pid 1180)
pppd[1160]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 1180), status = 0x0

If your chap-secrets file is missing or incorrect, you might see something like this after it switches to ppp: 
pppd[3370]: Serial connection established.
pppd[3370]: using channel 1
pppd[3370]: Using interface ppp0
pppd[3370]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
pppd[3370]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1    ]
pppd[3370]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 < 00 04 00 00>       ]
pppd[3370]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 < 00 04 00 00> ]
pppd[3370]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1    ]
pppd[3370]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2      ]
pppd[3370]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2      ]
pppd[3370]: rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0x1 , name = "tnt3.cbr1"]
pppd[3370]: No CHAP secret found for authenticating us to tnt3.cbr1
pppd[3370]: sent [CHAP Response id=0x1 <68937d227c92b8d9b8b7f64d83214a1a>, name = "amcbeal"]
pppd[3370]: rcvd [CHAP Failure id=0x1 "\000"]
pppd[3370]: Remote message: ^@
pppd[3370]: CHAP authentication failed
pppd[3370]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "Failed to authenticate ourselves to peer"]
pppd[3370]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x2]
pppd[3370]: Connection terminated.
pppd[3370]: Exit.
If you try to connect to a server and the string <auth chap 80> shows up in the ppplog file, it probably means the server is using a Microsoft variation of CHAP called MSCHAP. You will need to recompile pppd to support this. See README.MSCHAP80 in the pppd source. Fortunately OzEmail does not use MSCHAP so I haven't had to deal with it.

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

HeidiSQL --- easy-to-use interface and a "working-horse" for web-developers using MySQL-Database

[1] www.heidisql.com
[2] Google code: code.google.com/p/heidisql/

HeidiSQL is a lightweight, Windows based application for managing MySQL and Microsoft SQL databases. It enables you to browse and edit data, create and edit tables, views, procedures, triggers and scheduled events. Also, you can export structure and data either to SQL file, clipboard or to other servers.





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