Help to the configuration of ISDN Tool
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General Configuration
This dialogue takes some general preferences as:
isdnctrl Path:
The path that leads to the isdnctrl binary (usually
/sbin/isdnctrl, if this binary can't be found on your
box you're probably missing the
isdn4kutils package).
You can easily browse through the directories to locate it.
ipppd Path:
The path that leads to the ipppd daemon
(which is just a patched derivate of the common
pppd for modems). If ipppd can't be found on your
box it's likely not installed). This binary (which
can be easily 'browsed', too) is usually located
under /sbin/ipppd.
Prefix:
Please fill in the prefix of your area here
(include a leading 0 in Germany).
MSN:
Please enter the multiple subscriber number
for your PC here (in Germany ISDN comes with 3 MSN's).
Show Clock in Caption:
Decide whether online time should be displayed in window
caption or not.
Disconnect on X Server Shutdown:
With this option enabled, ISDN Tool closes your
ISDN connection whenever
the X server is about to shutdown (usually with
'Logout' or the keys Ctrl-Alt-Backspace). Since
the ISDN Tool control monitor dies when X is going
down, you are not able to check whether the ISDN
link is still up or not -- this could become expensive.
Hardware Setup
If your adapter is Plug&Play (PnP) you can't bind the driver
to the kernel, instead you'll have to load it as a module after
the kernel has booted. In the current version of ISDN Tool only
the so-called HiSax module is supplied; if your adapter is one of
the below
- Teles 16.0
- Teles 8.0
- Creatix/Teles PnP
- AVM A1 (Fritz)
- Elsa Quickstep 1000
you can configure and load the HiSax module within ISDN Tool.
modprobe Pfad:
The path that leads to the modprobe
binary (we recommend the use of modprobe instead of
insmod since the latter doesn't automagically load
the linklevel module isdn.o). You can 'browse' through
the directories to find it, although modprobe is
usually installed under /sbin/modprobe.
ISDN Adapter Type:
Please choose the matching type for your adapter. If you can't
find your adapter here, configuration and loading of the module is not
possible with ISDN Tool.
See Troubleshootings and PnP.
I/O Base Addresses, Interrupt, Membase:
sorry, we're going into technical details now. In principle, there
are 3 ways to determine the necessary parameters:
-- Manufacturer's manual
-- The output script generated by pnpdump
-- Boot Windows and check addresses/interrupt
If your card is PnP there's no chance to avoid installation
of the isapnptools package (contains pnpdump
and isapnp), so we recommend reading of the
pnpdump output.
Some input areas are enabled/disabled depending of the adapter type,
you only have to enter the corresponding values.
D Channel Protocol:
Please choose the D channel protocol
supplied by your ISDN provider, in most cases this should
be Euro-ISDN (instead of the old german 1TR6 or Leased Line).
This Document has been written on 01/05/1998 for ISDN Tool Version 0.2.4.