> >>I'm not sure here (but someone will point if I'm mistaken), but ppp > >>init script is intend to bring up adsl based connections, while you > >>need a dialler to connect dial-up, back in the days I had dial-up I > >>used minicom, and later kppp to handle this... In fact, you need to > >>set your device (usually /dev/modem) and use a program to dial using > >>that modem, this will create the ppp0 interface for you, and also > >>(most of them) will set is as the default route. Any server with > >>dial-up has configurations, and that's what your ISP have in their > >>script, you just find them out and put the same config at your dialer. > >> > >> > > > >Thanks Daniel, I'm really strung out here. I do have the net.ppp0 > >interface now. Maybe I just need to emerge and utilize minicom? How > >can I do that when all I have is a Gentoo system that can't get online > >and an XP system that can dial up? > > > There are two options: > > 1. Network the two machines (via Ethernet, FireWire...) and set up > Internet Connection Sharing on XP. Tell the Gentoo box to use the XP > box as its gateway and DNS server. Make sure both machines use the IP > range 192.168.0.x/255.255.255.0, the XP one being 192.168.0.1. > > 2. Sneaker net--use emerge -fpu whatever 2> > /mnt/removablemedia/download.txt, and then bring download.txt to Windows > and use the Windows version of wget to get the files that you need. > Then copy them over to the Gentoo box. > > I wrote a Wiki article on networkless installs. You might find that > helpful. > http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Networkless_stage1_Install > > -- > Colin
Ok, thanks Colin. I'm ready to do this to get minicom but are you sure that is the missing piece of my puzzle? I've asked about getting dial-up working before and slmodem and ppp were the only mentioned emerges. /etc/conf.d/net.ppp0 sure looks like it's a configuration file for normal dial-up connections. It asks for a phone number to dial and everything. Please confirm that I really need minicom and I will dig into that. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
