Robert: Yes, I used to do that quite often. Used an internal ISA modem, configure with isapnp and wvdail is what I used for dial up. Started doing this with SuSE 5.3 or so up through SuSE 8.1. It's really not that difficult.
Erich On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:52:15 -0700, "Jon Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 3/31/06, Robert Citek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Has anyone here successfully connected to the internet via a modem > > and using PPP? If so, would you mind if I pick your brain? > > > > At ByteWorks[1] we've been fairly successful transitioning from MS > > Windows 98 to Debian/Sarge. KDE, OpenOffice.org, and Firefox work > > quite well on the older machines that have been refurbished. > > Currently, these machines run in the shop with all network traffic > > going over ethernet. > > Hello Robert: > > Probably the easiest way to do this is to use Kppp (since you are > using Kde). Other than that Wvdial may be useful. Unfortunately all, > my ppp experience of the last few years has been with > Net/Open/FreeBSD. I am confident that Debian has a native ppp > configuration tool. > > > > -- > Kind regards, > Jonathan > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ -- Erich Friesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but differentÂ… _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
