Re: External modem

[peter colton <dotdebsarge@yahoo.co.uk>]

On Monday 30 May 2005 17:38, Muhammad Ali wrote:

 Hello Muhammad.

  Here are the steps I take to setup a dialup connection.

If the box as a ethernet card installed you will need to set up the system for 
a static ip address for that ethernet card. The ethernet card static ip needs 
no gateway ip and no dns ip addresses. If you miss this setup on the install 
of Sarge just install apt-get install etherconf and configure. If you need to 
run etherconf again use the command as su dpkg-reconfigure etherconf

Here is a link to help setup Debian for dialup.
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/peripherals/modem.html

All so have a look that the link below. Its about the mtu size for dailup and 
dsl connection. The link is directed towards microsoft users, but he mtu faxs 
are there. By having a correct mtu size you will be able to get that little 
bit more out of the connection. 

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/3701

To change the dialups mtu edit   /etc/ppp/options
and replace #mtu <n>   with        mtu  576

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