In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes : >Hi > >I have been trying to figure out how to setup a PPP connection to my >school (Univ of MD) for almost a month. I have read quite a bit of stuff >about PPP but I am no where closer to connecting, since most of the info >deals with setting up a server. All I want to do is dial up to the school >system where my account is located. Is there a dial up program that comes >with Debian 1.3.1 CD?
Install the diald package. Diald starts up a SLIP or PPP connection on demand, and drops it again when there appears to be no more activity. (Your question assumes that your school is running a PPP server; if it isn't, nothing will work!) Look at <http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver/linux.diald.html> for a description of my (working) set-up. > Also I am not sure where my modem is, should it be >at /dev/tty* or /dev/cua* - what's the difference? I have already >configured the kernel of TCP/IP and PPP - what's the next step? > /dev/cua* is obsolete and should not be used. Use /dev/ttyS*. (ttyS0 = COM1, ttyS1 = COM2 and so on.) -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://lfix.co.uk/oliver Make it idiot-proof, and someone will breed a better idiot. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
