Thanks for that comprehensive info Volker, hopefully I'll get a chance to check it out tonight.
Regards, Bryce Stenberg. > -----Original Message----- > From: Volker Kuhlmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 8:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Connect to Internet - where's the dial-up button? > > > i'll think you'll find suse has its own dialler, iirc it is called > > ktinternet or similar. no doubt volker will pop up soon and tell us. > > Yeah I get the hint ;) > > For distros other than SUSE, kppp is probably the correct answer for > controlling the dialling. For setting up the modem it's distro dpendent. > > For SUSE, you forget that you ever heard anything about kppp, and use > kinternet. In any case, configure your modem properly in yast first - > dial-on-demand, user name, modem control strings if necessary (several > ISPs require the "stupid mode" setting for making a successsful > connection (this is a flag which yast sets for wvdial). If you also have > ethernet, make sure to tick "replace default route", this ensures that > dialup takes priority over ethernet (adsl) when dialled up (eg when adsl > is down). > > The dialling is initiated in any case by smpppd (SUSE meta ppp daemon), > which is a daemon collecting system state and user commands. When > requested, smpppd starts pppd (which in turn starts wvdial for dealing > with the ISP login - none of this chat script cr*p in SUSE since about > '99). cinternet is a front-end to smpppd, kinternet likewise for the KDE > panel. In terms of functionality, the kinternet/smpppd construction > leaves anything else I've seen for stone dead. Clicking on the panel > icon starts dialling, clicking again hangs up; no effect for > demand-dialling, but kinternet allows to disable demand-dialling > altogether (like when you want to make sure not to spend money). Trouble > connecting? Right-click on the panel icon, select "show log". None of > this: become root (is that edible?), start your favourite editor (what's > an editor?), look at /var/log/messages (there's no \var\lg\mssges - what > do I do now?). kinternet will also ask for the dialup password if you > deliberately didn't configure it in yast. Oh yes, most importantly, > kinternet handles any number of modems and ISPs with zero trouble. > > Remember that kinternet only controls the dial-up, but not the dialling > etc, so if your modem / internet connection /etc isn't working properly, > the log is the only real use you'll get out of kinternet. The log is > however the primary source for trouble-shooting. Run yast to fix things, > "configure modem" or similar from somewhere in kinternet. > > Volker > > -- > Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header > http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
