On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 13:42:13 -0400 "Rainer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hello, > > i'm switching back to dial up using an isa pnp 3com/usr 56k modem. i had a > hell of time (3 months, the 5th linux geek i asked finally got it working!) > getting it to work on red hat 7.2. so any advice re mandrake 8.2 would be > much appreciated!!! thanks > well, if your modem is a hardware one, then there should be no problem. imply start the kppp program ( if you don't have it installed try "urpmi kppp") the configuration is much like windows' dialup dinnection dialog. you will be prompted for your usarname and password, and below it you will see a "connect" button, alongside "setup" and "cancel". click setup. in account setup you can make a new one, entering username, password, phone number and dns servers.. no need to touch anything else. it's quite simple. in the 'modem' tab, you can find a 'query modem' button to see if your modem was detected successfully. maybe you wanna try that one first. HTH Damian -- Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk?
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