Re: Serial and PPP howto

In article <[email protected]> you write:
>Could anyone direct me to a HOWTO or FAQ which deals with the above, with 
>specific reference to the RISC-PC?

Probably not, since it'll be exactly the same as any other NetBSD port, but
with the serial devices having different names.  Now I come to look, though,
there seems to be a lack of HOWTO type documentation on PPP in netbsd at
all.  Still, it's not very complicated.  pppd(8) tells you far more than you
need to know, as does chat(8).  As a simple example to work from, my
/etc/ppp/peers/magpie, for connecting to my employers' dialup server says:

tty10 115200 crtscts
connect '/usr/sbin/chat -f /etc/ppp/chat-magpie'
noauth
name bjh21

"tty10" is right for my Mac with a PCI serial card.  You'd want tty0 on a
Risc PC.  You'd also probably want "defaultroute" if PPP is your connection
to the world.  /etc/ppp/chat-magpie contains:

ABORT "NO CARRIER"
ABORT "NO DIALTONE"
ABORT "ERROR"
ABORT "NO ANSWER"
ABORT "BUSY"
REPORT "CONNECT"
"" "AT"
OK "ATM0"
OK "ATDT *142021"
CONNECT

Precisely what you put in there will depend on your modem, of course. 
Finally, I have an /etc/ppp/pap-secrets containing

* * qwerty

but with my password in place of "qwerty".  With that, running "pppd call
magpie" brings up the connection and "kill $(cat /var/run/ppp0.pid)" brings
it down again.

> A HOWTO which deals with RISC-PC 
>specific hardware in general would be appreciated.

What would you like it to tell you?

>I have not found a document which states which /dev/tty?? is the 
>appropriate one for the serial port on the RISC-PC. This is for use with 
>dial-up modem work. I do get, on boot-up, a message which states that 
>/dev/ttyE0 etc have not been configured.

Yes, that is particularly ill-documented.  /dev/tty0 should correspond to
com0, which is usually the on-board serial port on a Risc PC.

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Ben Harris                                                   <[email protected]>
Portmaster, NetBSD/acorn26           <URL:http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/acorn26/>