Re: Getting on the Internet

[Allix Primus <alleve idirect com>]

There isn't much to netcfg , simply type that in the console ( in dos terms ,
the command prompt), after you type "netcfg", just click on "interfaces" , and
click on "add", then there will be two fields for your login and password,
after that you go through the other tabs and add the information to those,
including the dns numbers, after that you just save it , click on the active ,
and it connects. The tool under "linuxconf" maybe a bit less complex because
everything is in one window and easier to manage, they do they exact same thing
though , so its really up to you. All you have to know is that your modem is on
ttyS0 (for com port one) through ttyS3 (for com port 4).


 On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, James Hamilton wrote:
> Thank you for offering to help Allix. I bought a book this
> afternoon by bill ball. It doesn't cover 6.0 and so there
> are some version gap things missing, but in the reading I
> have done so far he talks about using Minicom to test
> whether the modem will connect to my ISP. I tried this out
> and did get a connection. So, I am assuming from this
> experience that my modem is configured correctly and works
> okay with Linux. Now, I guess it is simply a matter of
> writing the correct config, which I've never done before.
> 
> Anything you can tell me to about how to boot up "netcfg"
> and use it will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> James