Re: Problems getting dialup to work
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On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 06:57:07PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
> I'll be moving soon, and temporarily slumming it on dialup, bleagh. I
> set up an account on a low-cost dial-up ISP (they confirm connection is
> bog-standard, and no special software is required). I also installed
> wvdial and set up the account. Wvdial requires root to run !!! Testing
> it from root, it sees the login/password prompts and responds. The
> connection seems to be established, but nothing happens, and my external
> modem's lights stay solid. The same machine+modem did work with Redhat
> 7.3.
dpkg --purge wvdial && apt-get install ppp pppconfig
Use pppconfig as root to twiddle your PPP settings. Enable demand
mode and forget about it. Might have to retry your connection after a
minute if the modem's on the hook when you try to use the net.
- --
.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
: :' :
`. `'` proud Debian admin and user
`- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system
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