-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jean-Michel Dault wrote: > Le lun 10/03/2003 � 02:20, Brook Humphrey a �crit :
> Well, Gnome can be hard, *even* for computer savvy people. Back to > gnome-ppp, I just spent like 20 hours so far trying to know what was > going on with a bug report. It's not like that I don't know what I'm > doing, I founded three ISPs for god sakes, I installed hundreds and > hundreds of modems, gave support to thousands of users, and can even > recognize some brands and models of modems just by the sound they make > by connecting! > > You would expect just giving the phone number, username and password, > and expect it to connect, but no... You need to edit your pap-secrets > file manually, give your username *twice* in the setup (username and > remotename), and even then, there might still be problems because it > always specifies an MRU of 296, even if you change it in the gnome-ppp > settings, it will give the "mru 296" option to pppd, and this option, > unfortunately, can not be overriden by specifying a MRU in > /etc/ppp/options, so you're screwed if your ISP supports IPV6, because > the RFCs specify that the MRU must be at least 1280, and that the > default should always be 1500. (wow, I'm pissed of and it shows in the > length of my sentences ;-) > You may want to give the mserver/gmasqdialer/kmasqdialer combo a try, even on a standalone box, since you can then have any user dial the connection. Even better when you are using the box for ICS with windows/linux clients. Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+bJifrJK6UGDSBKcRAgPvAKCI2teo9vFhCMLGJRHnfrB94UYL+wCeJWs5 XVdeFjeGl7zNBuxHSX4A5QA= =4los -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
