I've tried using pppconfig and it all seems very straightforward. But it's not working. From the W****w's partition I can pick up the server ip address and that the modem is on COM3 / ttyS2. What's the 'default gateway' and where do I enter that info? What else could be wrong? Maybe the Debian partition isn't picking up the (internal) modem - how can I check this out and correct it if it is a problem? Any other ideas? Thanks. --- srt
nate wrote: > > Simon R Tod said: > > I have acquired a username, password and phone number for a local > > isp and am having trouble setting up a dial-up connection. I've > > been trying to use the default PPP utility that comes with GNOME > > but it seems to want lots additional information I don't know how > > to provide. > > Any help much appreciated. > > try using the pppconfig utility and use pon/poff to logon. > > at least using that you can login/out of X all day long > and never lose your connection(haven't used that particular > util but if its like most X based dialup utils you'll lose > the connect if you restart X or logout) > > also reccomend getting nameserver ips for your ISP and > default gateway if needed. if the isp can't tell you > nameserver ips(maybe their support is full of idiots) > you can usually do a WHOIS on their domain(whois domain.com) > and get the IPs from that. the PPP subsystem will > attempt to get DNS and gateway information from the > remote terminal server if possible, but not all systems > provide that info(i haven't used one that didn't provide > that info in at least 5 years ..) > > nate > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
