Re: [Gumstix-users] pppd on startup

[Michael K. <mfk...@gm...>]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:05 AM, nrg <nr...@co...> wrote:
> Hi Guys!
>
> I would like to connect to  Internet via GPRS. I use my old cell phone,
> it works fine. I start the connection with "pppd call gprs" command
> (there is an connect, disconnect chatfile, etc...). I've created a
> little .sh that start this script and I've copy into /etc/init.d I'v
> created also some symlinks into /etc/rc2.d and rc.local.
> But there is no connection when I reboot my gumstix.
> What should I do? How should I create this startup scripts?

This is the method typically used on Debian-base systems.  Add the
following to /etc/network/interfaces

auto ppp0
iface ppp0 inet ppp
  provider gprs

The 'auto' directive will bring the interface up at boot time.  Use
the ifup/ifdown commands to control the interface while the system is
running:

    ifup ppp0
    ifdown ppp0

--Mike