Some time back I had brought up the issue of trying to get BestWeb
dialup working with Linux (Ubuntu). Some people here had said they had
it working, was wondering what tricks someone might have had for fixing it.
From what I can gather from trying it out again over the weekend, the
dialer (wvdial, GnomePPP, tried both of those) can establish a
connection to the BestWeb POP, will get the IP number (DHCP) and will
set the DNS, but then it can't establish routes. Beyond that, I don't
know what I should be looking for.
Since my brother will be working weekdays in Kingston for now (going
back to the house in Westchester on weekends until that place gets
sold), he's like to be able to at least check his email during the week.
Since there is no broadband at the place where he is staying, that
leaves dialup. He has FIOS at the Westchester house, but we still had
the BWeb account since our primary email was there. Right now it looks
like he will have to use XP for the machine in Kingston, since at this
point I can't get connectivity for him on dialup under Linux.
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