Re: I need help
On Tue, 3 Mar 1998 tko@westgac3.dragon.com wrote:
> Ivan & Ines Rojas writes:
> >
> > Hi there,
> > I just finish installing and setting my linux box, which wasn't a easy job
> > for a windows user :-) and then I decided to use PPP.
> > I install the module accordingly with the PPP-HOWTO but I'm missing the
> > ppp-on and ppp-off files.
> >
> > I have no idea if I did something wrong, eventhough I didn't do much either.
> >
> > But any ways, my question is: how can I put these files in my system? can I
> > just create them from the scratch using emacs or any editor? if that's so,
> > where can I get the file templates?
> >
> > Please help me, I really want to try linux connected to internet, I've been
> > trying 4 months to setup this machine and right now I just can logon, mess
> > around and type "shutdown -r now". I'm starting to feel a little frustrated
> > :-(
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >
> > Ivan
>
> You probably need to force the de-installation of the PPP package and
> re-install it from scratch. I ran into that problem when I first tried to
> finalize PPP. Once you re-install the PPP package, follow the directions in
> /usr/doc/ppp/README.debian.gz That file will have the most "up-to-date" info.
> I kept reading horror stories about how difficult PPP was. When I
> de/re-installed PPP and followed the indicated file directions, PPP started up
> ok! The only thing which you might want to shutoff from the debian default in
> /etc/ppp/options file is the "proxyarp" option if you don't need it.
>
> --
Get this article from the net:
Novice to Novice - A 10-minute Guide for Using PPP to Connect Linux To The
Internet -
http://www.ssc.com/lj/issue36/ppp.html
It shows setup, testing, and in 10 minutes you're done. By the way, use
Pico for a beginning editor switch to VIM later
i.b.mackey
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