[ale] ISP Dialing

Nick Lucent nlucent at mindspring.com
Sat Dec 5 15:37:43 EST 1998


What distribution are you using? In debian 2 you can run pppconfig, in
slackware you edit /usr/bin/ppp-on. Dont know about redhat or caldera. Its
much easier then all you have to do is type 'pon' or 'ppp-on' to connect.

Nick


On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Michael B Golden wrote:

> 	I have decided to try to connect Linux to the internet now. Can
> the Minicom program connect me? (It seems easiest to use) If not, where
> can I find out how to use pppd? (or a more friendly adaptation of it) Is
> there a "dialer" that is as simple as the windows ones? I don't care if
> the solution is in X Windows or at the terminal level, I just want to get
> online.
> 
> Michael Golden
> Naugrim at Juno.com
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