[plug] Dialup Access

[Joel Fraser]

one other problem is that i have an install of the server version but no
xwindows or anything

Joel Fraser


--- James Andrewartha <trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Simon Scott wrote:
> 
> > 	The short answer:
> > 
> > 	1) Make sure youre modem is linux compatible. If its an internal PCI
> > modem then more than likely its a winmodem and is not compatible.... 
> > 
> > 	2) Its distro dependent what to use, but try running linuxconf as
> > root and you should find a menu option concerning ppp. Enter your ISP
> and
> > modem (ie which port it is on) details here, and note the PPP
> interface
> > (probably PPP0).... then, once this is complete, just do 'ifup ppp0'
> and the
> > modem should dial.
> > 
> > 	You could try using kppp or similar under X windows, but I find them
> > a little cumbersome. Depends if you want a neat little windowy
> thing......
> > 
> > 	Thats my experience, will this do it people?
> 
> I used pppconfig to set my net connection up. Very simple, asks all the
> right questions. Once it's done you go "pon ISP" to connect, and "poff
> ISP" to disconnect. It also handles multiple dial-up connections well. I
> don't think it's distro dependent (I use debian), but there might be
> versions modified for specific distributions around. ppconfig itself is
> a
> shell script that uses whiptail (text based dialogs) or plain text if it
> can't find whiptail.
> 
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