Hi, I now have my Redhat 7.2 Box on the Net (Thanks Gary Dick again for the RH7.2 CD's) Using the Alcatel Speed Touch Home getting Linux up and running was "relatively easy", I say relatively easy bacause I learnt a number of things on the way.
System needs to have ppp installed (I have pppd version 2.4.1 installed RH7.2 Standard off the CD) The current RPM's for the pptp (M$ VPN Client) do not work with Redhat 7.2, so I downloaded, http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pptpclient/pptp-linux-1.0.3-1.tar.gz and had to learn how to compile it using make (easy now that I know!!) **Setup ISP's nameservers** Xtra Jetstart's 202.27.184.3 202.27.184.5 /etc/ppp/options name "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" noauth noipdefault defaultroute /etc/ppp/pap-secrets # Secrets for authentication using PAP # client server secret IP addresses [EMAIL PROTECTED] * password * [root@Fresian root]#pptp 192.168.1.250 And you should be able to ping away!! I ended up taking Mr C Falconer's advice and setting up thusly, Win98SE box, 192.168.1.100 --+ Win95 box, 192.168.1.200 --| Plugged into 8 Port 100Mb/s Switch RH 7.2 box, 192.168.1.150 --| ST Home, 192.168.1.259 --+ Any questions/clarifications happily taken, Mark _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
