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ISDN in Warty Warthog (Ubuntu 4.10)

isdn4linux (hisax) is deprecated in the upstream Linux 2.6 kernel. The following steps will install help you installing mISDN, the new isdn driver.

To get working isdn support with a AVM Fritz PCI card, do the the following:

1. Install from the Warty-CD (sudo apt-get install ...):

• isdnutils-base

and manually download and install (sudo dpkg -i ...) the following packages for capi support

• [http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/isdnutils/pppdcapiplugin_3.3.0.20040728-2_i386.deb pppdcapiplugin]

• [http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/isdnutils/libcapi20-3_3.3.0.20040728-2_i386.deb libcapi20]

2. Put the following modules in /etc/modules (sudo nano /etc/modules) to have them loaded at boot-time:

     ppp_generic
     ppp_synctty
     capi
     mISDN_core
     mISDN_l1
     mISDN_l2
     l3udss1
     mISDN_capi
     mISDN_isac
     avmfritz protocol=2

3. Disable the hisax-modules by adding the following ones to /etc/hotplug/blacklist (sudo nano /etc/hotplug/blacklist):

     hisax_fcpcipnp
     hisax
     hisax_isac
     hisax_st5481

4. Configure the dial-up account for my provider /etc/ppp/peers/isdn-provider (sudo nano /etc/ppp/peers/isdn-provider):

     sync
     noauth
     user <username>
     plugin userpass.so
     password <password>
     defaultroute
     plugin capiplugin.so
     number <dial-in number>
     protocol hdlc
     ipcp-accept-local
     ipcp-accept-remote
     /dev/null

5. Add a nameserver to /etc/resolv.conf

sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf

i.e. add this line to the file: 
nameserver 195.82.119.192

press ctrl-x to exit nano

6. Add my user to the group "dip" and re-logon.

sudo adduser $USER dip

7. dial by executing "pon isdn-provider" and hangup using "poff isdn-provider"

You might add gpppon - A gnome applet that is a wrapper around pon and poff.

ISDN in Hoary (Ubuntu 5.04) and Breezy (Ubuntu 5.10)

To make isdn work in Hoary/Breezy you need to:

1. install linux-restricted-modules-$ARCH (to get the binary avm drivers), avm-fritz-firmware-2.6.10-3 (to get the firmware) and pppdcapiplugin. The first of those is installed automatically on Breezer during OS installation.

2. add capi to /etc/modules

PCI

1. create /etc/hotplug/backlist.d/isdn with:

• hisax
• hisax_fcpcipnp

2. reboot so that the avm/capi modules get loaded

3. Create the connection with "Desktop/Adminstration/Networking"

4. pon ppp0; poff should work now

(sucessfully tested with AVM fritz card A1 (2.0))

PCMCIA

1. Remove the "avma1_cs" lines from /etc/pcmcia/config

2. add

 device "fcpcmcia_cs"
   class "avma1" module "fcpcmcia_cs"

 card "AVM S0/PC ISDN"
   version "AVM", "ISDN A"
   bind "fcpcmcia_cs"

(sucessfully tested with Fritz!Card PCMCIA2.0)

USB Fritzcard DSL USB

1. edit /etc/isdn/capi.conf and add as last line:

fcdslusb        fdsubase.frm    DSS1    -       -       -       -

(sucessfully tested with Fritz!Card DSL USB)

ToDo

Things not yet working in hoary:

• network-admin can't activate the connection directly yet
• modem-applet can connect too
• what about non-AVM hardware? Where does configuration differ?

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