nvcables Setup
Requirements:
(updated for v026)
ppp package: pppd
basic utilities: ‘host’ (bind-utils - for v03x) , (iproute for v03x), ‘route’ (net-tools), ‘ifup’ & ‘ifdown’ scripts (distribution dependent), ‘grep’, ‘cut’, ‘tail’ (coreutils)
network interface: (driver) present (e.g. eth0\1\2\etc.) and DHCP client configured to obtain ip address & DNS servers (usually done during system install or later either in GUI or networking config files - location depends on distribution)
1. Unpack (’tar -zxvf nvc-v0xx.tar.gz’), this will create a directory - “nvc” with the script & other files.
2. Edit the ‘/etc/ppp/pap-secrets’ - add a new line like “username” * “password” (with your ISP info, double quotes are necessary and it is case sensitive, use [tab] instead of spaces).
3. Run the script - e.g.: ‘./cablestart.v0xx username eth0′
Output is usually obscure, check your configuration if something fails (username & password first!)
To see connection details or other errors - check the system logs: ‘tail -20 /var/log/messages’
I discovered a very good step-by-step tutorial about the script setup on Dedoimedo.com, thanks to it’s author for the effort!
