Re: Trying to get on the web with wvdial.
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On 01/30/08 19:34, Walt L. Williams wrote:
> On Monday 28 January 2008 06:45:48 am John Hasler wrote:
>> Install pppconfig. Run it as root and answer the questions. You can add
>> yourself as a ppp user in the "Advanced" menu. You will then be able to
>> start ppp with "pon" and stop it with "poff".
>> --
>> John Hasler
>
> I tried using wvdial as it seemed simple, and I want off the
> Suse system as soon as I can. SuSE 10.3 is really rough
> and unpolished. I have been looking at the Debian system
> for a few years now but never made the time to make the
> move. Using Debian will help me better learn whats under
> the Linux hood.
Sadly, I've got to disagree.
The Debian packagers do a *lot* of configuring for you, and the
stuff Just Works, so I've just not needed to know a lot of the
innards, and thus have forgotten a lot since I moved from Mandrake
to Debian.
> I think I will download the pppconfig script
> and try it and see if works well. I presume it was written for
> the Debian system.
>
> It has been years since I hand configured a dial up connection.
> I have been using SuSE's Kinternet for a while now. If it comes down
> to it I will sit down with the latest PPP Howto and do it the old
> fashioned way.
>
> Thanks
> Walt
>
>
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian
because I hate vegetables!"
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