How to setup 56K dailup connection.

[Stephen Liu]

Hi Mikkel,


Tks for your advice

> If you have configured a PPP connection, it would be something like
> "ifup ppp0". In order for this to work, you have to have a properly
> configured /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0. With most
> ISPs, you also need /etc/ppp/chap-secrets and/or pap-secrets
> properly configured. I believe the GUI network configuration tool
> will set this for you.
> 
> There are a couple of other options as well - you can use wdial
> (cli) or kppp (GUI) for example. I know kppp does not configure the
> ifcfg-ppp? files, so you can not use it to bring up the connection
> at boot. I don't remember if wdial does, but I do not believe so.

I have configured the modem to work with kppp.  Internet browsing is
now possible.

But I failed to run system-config-network to get the modem configured. 
I expect connection can be made at booting similar to running
broadband.

Tks.


B.R.
satimis


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