David King wrote: > I recently had a problem with my broadband connection, it just stopped > working one night. Works okay again now though. > > But it meant that I had to try dialup for the first time in years. I > still have an external serial modem (Zoom V.92) which I connected, but I > could not get connected to the Internet with it. I had great difficulty > in finding any kind of installed software in Ubuntu that would allow me > to dial up any ISP through the modem. It was very easy in Windows, but > why is it that a default Ubuntu installation contains no easy way of > using dialup? I have since downloaded GnomePPP which is what I was > looking for, something very much like the dialup program in the old > Windows that I was used to. > > It is great for broadband users to install Ubuntu and then just get > online and get updates, etc., but when broadband is broken, there is no > easy way to get connected. And without the internet connection, no way > to search online for an answer. > > Ubuntu needs to have GnomePPP installed by default. > > > I did find a CLI program called wvdial that was installed, and I set a > phone number for an ISP and username and password, into the conf file > for it. But the number was old and no longer in use, so it would not > connect. Then I found some info that should work, put that into the conf > file, but after dialling that from wvdial, it just disconnected and then > tried to redial using the original number that I put in but had deleted. > So why did it remember the old number that was removed? > > I also put the dial up details into the Network Connections dialog (by > clicking on the network icon near the clock) and entering dialup details > in there, but from that dialog there is no button to click to actually > dial. However, I noticed that a few minutes later Ubuntu was dialling > something without displaying any kind of status as to what it was doing. > It did this, then disconnected, and again later, seemingly at random. I > did check the phone when it had dialled out, and heard the usual modem > data sounds, so it was connecting to the ISP, but not staying connected. > > Even though most people now use broadband, Canonical really need to > include proper dial up software in Ubuntu for those without broadband, > and for those whose broadband temporarily goes offline. > > Up until this incident I thought that Ubuntu was pretty much the ideal > OS to install from the CD, but it seems that once installed, if you have > no broadband, getting online is nearly impossible. Canonical need to fix > this asap, if they have not done so already. I am using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, > and being an LTS edition, it should have the dialup software like > GnomePPP preinstalled. Maybe it has been fixed in 8.10, but the LTS > users must be catered for too. > > > > > David King > > > A bit late yes, but this may be useful
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