IsdnHowto

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.