Thanks Andrew, I installed the gnome interface, I'll see how I get on with that extra info you supplied. I did see a thread labelled 'kppp' or something but had deleted them, not realizing it was discussing dial-up, I shall look that up on web archive as well.
Regards, Bryce Stenberg. -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Errington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 8/15/2006 4:21 PM To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Connect to Internet - where's the dial-up button? > Can someone please instruct me on how to dial-up. Thanks. Oh, crap. Sorry Bryce, there has been some to-ing and fro-ing on dialup with another CLUGger. It ought to be simple, and often it is... If you are using KDE then the thing you want is 'kppp'. You will need to configure the ISP number, username, password and what port your modem is on. If you are using Gnome then you want 'Gnome ppp', except I don't use Gnome, so I can't help you further. These are just GUI 'wrappers' if you like, for interfacing you to pppd (the PPP daemon). An alternative, that runs 'underneath' or from the command line, is wvdial. After the install you might be automatically asked to configure it. If not, run wvdialconf. This will look for your modem and ask you all about your ISP settings. Then it will (mostly) do the right thing. I hope this is enough to get you going. Googling for kppp or wvdial should get you further (once you get your modem connected to the net, of course...). A
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