Re: setting up www access
you can use wvdial in a terminal to test your setup. you need to create a
file called /etc/wvdial.conf according to the format below. fill in the
relevant details, open up a terminal, and type wvdial. you should get enough
of a response back from that to single out whatever problem(s) exist(s).
[dialer defaults]
modem = /dev/ttyS?
baud = ?
init = ATZ
init2 = AT S11=50
phone = your isp
username = your username
password = your password
On Tuesday 20 November 2001 09:13, Simon R Tod wrote:
> I've tried using pppconfig and it all seems very straightforward. But
> it's not working. From the W****w's partition I can pick up the server
> ip address and that the modem is on COM3 / ttyS2. What's the 'default
> gateway' and where do I enter that info? What else could be wrong? Maybe
> the Debian partition isn't picking up the (internal) modem - how can I
> check this out and correct it if it is a problem? Any other ideas?
> Thanks.
> ---
> srt
>
> nate wrote:
> > Simon R Tod said:
> > > I have acquired a username, password and phone number for a local
> > > isp and am having trouble setting up a dial-up connection. I've
> > > been trying to use the default PPP utility that comes with GNOME
> > > but it seems to want lots additional information I don't know how
> > > to provide.
> > > Any help much appreciated.
> >
> > try using the pppconfig utility and use pon/poff to logon.
> >
> > at least using that you can login/out of X all day long
> > and never lose your connection(haven't used that particular
> > util but if its like most X based dialup utils you'll lose
> > the connect if you restart X or logout)
> >
> > also reccomend getting nameserver ips for your ISP and
> > default gateway if needed. if the isp can't tell you
> > nameserver ips(maybe their support is full of idiots)
> > you can usually do a WHOIS on their domain(whois domain.com)
> > and get the IPs from that. the PPP subsystem will
> > attempt to get DNS and gateway information from the
> > remote terminal server if possible, but not all systems
> > provide that info(i haven't used one that didn't provide
> > that info in at least 5 years ..)
> >
> > nate
> >
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