On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, smorrill wrote:
> Ok, guys, I give...
>
> I have a base installation running from floppies (ver 1.3) on a 586
> sharing a hard drive with win95. Everything works as it should, so
> far. I'm trying to get ppp running so I can ftp the packages I need.
> I'm a real newbie to linux, and I'm not understanding the setup process
> for my modem, an external usr 33.6 voice/fax (not a "winmodem"). I know
> my modem is on com 2 / irq 3. Do I need to make a link somewhere in
> /dev to get things rolling? When I do a dmesg it shows both serial
> ports...
>
> I've tried reading the howto and other documentation, but it seems I'm
> getting myself more confused by the minute. Can anybody direct me thru
> the sequence to get this thing running? I hear a lot of talk about
> minicom, but I don't have it yet.
>
> I think I got most of the IP stuff in right when I did the install, so I
> think all I need to get done is get my modem operable & get ppp
> configured to get to my isp...
>
> Help please!
>
You might try my new book ;-)
Section 6.3 is about PPP configuration.
You can get the html version of the book from www.linuxpress.com (it's
about 360 k ... yep, just download it)
Luck,
Dwarf
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