[plug] Installing X-isp

[Michael Hunt]

The section on PAP all depends on who you are calling. You may find that
some ISP's dial servers only support PAP. Check with the Tech Support to see
if this is the case.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-plug at linux.org.au [mailto:owner-plug at linux.org.au]On Behalf
> Of Tony Clark
> Sent: Sunday, 21 March 1999 7:17
> To: plug at linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Installing X-isp
>
>
> Michaela
>
> You shouldn't need to compile anything.
>
> Under X in the control panel is network configuration.  Start the network
> configurator buy clicking once on it.  Select the "Interfaces"
> tab and add a
> PPP interface if ppp0 is not already there.  Highlight the line
> that has the
> ppp0.  This will open another window to actually configure the
> PPP connection
> and chat scripts.  The first window is hardware...Unless it has something
> unusual in it, it can just stay as it is.
>
> The next tab accross is communications.  This sets up the options
> for chat.
> These need to be customerised for you ISP
> Modem init string as required.  AT&F should be ok with most
> modems nowdays.
> Modem dial command ATDT
> Phone Number 91234567
>
> EXPECT	SEND
> login:		tony
> password:	yourpassword
> menuoption	option to start ppp
>
> You only need the last part of the prompt.  For login I have
> ogin:   Remember
> it is case sensivitive.
>
> The next tab is networking...Make sure you have default route
> checked.  The
> rest of the options can be left blank at this stage.
>
> The last option is for pap.  Put your user name and password in
> here.  You are
> probabley better off not using PAP.
>
> Click on done then save.
>
> With ppp0 highlighted click on activate.  The modem will start to
> dial and if
> the communications options are correct it will bring up the PPP link.
>
> You can do all this with vi by editing the files
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0 and
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0
>
> To start it from a shell enter
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup ifcfg-ppp0
>
> Tony
>
>  On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, you wrote:
> > >%_Since I have been having problems configuring my ppp dial
> in, I thought I would install X-isp. After following the
> instructions, and successfully installing Xforms, when I
> decompress xisp and go to the command 'make' it tells me that it
> cannot find several dir's.... such as
> >
> >     X11/Xlib.h
> >     X11/Xutils.h
> >     X11/Xatom.h
> >     X11/keysym.h
> >     X11/Xresource.h
> >     X11/cursorfont.h
> >
> > It then says: make: *** [xisp.o] Error 1
> >
> > I am using Rh 5.2 and followed the insrustions in editing the
> makefile......
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated........
> >
> > thanks
> > Michaela
> >
>
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