Question, ppp.

Question, ppp.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi, Red Hat comes with an really good program called wvdial.I use it for
most of my ppp stuff.
Simply, here is some simple steps.


1. Enter wvdialconf >/etc/wvdial.conf
This will attempt to find your modem, and other ppp info.
2. Open /etc/wvdial.conf in your favorite text editer, and uncomment the
phone number line, user name, and password, and put in your actual info.
3. Assuming all goes well log in as root and type wvdial &. Make sure to put
in that andpersant sign so wvdial is placed in the background.
4. To kill ppp type killall wvdial.

Question, ppp.

[Anna Schneider]

Hi everyone.  I'm still here.  I got my  system awhile back and haven't 
done much with it because I've been busy and because I'm not sure where to 
start.  I don't even know what all the programs and packages and so on are 
on it, which ave lready been compiled and configured, and which are still 
sitting there.  I really don't have a clue.  Is there a way to figure this 
out?

What I would like to be able to do first on my computer is dial up.  I 
found the ppp readme, but ca't make sense of it.  I am pretty sure that my 
modem is configured so that's should be okay.  I found an online HowTo for 
determining that, but what next?  Can anyone give me any pointers?

Thanks.  Oh and if it matters, the distribution is Red Hat.

Anna