On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 1:12 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 12:34 pm, you wrote: > > On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 4:22 am, Matthew Harrison wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I was just wondering if it is possible to use both my modem and my > > > ethernet for internet connectivity. I have a Toshiba Laptop (Satellite > > > 1800-S204) and at work I use the built in ethernet card to get on the > > > internet via windows, but I want to start using linux. At home I have > > > dial-up and I have a modem card installed and it is detected and will > > > connect, but I cannot do anything on the net. I guess the question is > > > can linux be set up to know to use either/or for the net? Thanks. > > > > > > -Matt > > > > Yes you can. > > Open Mandrake Control Centre>Network>Connection > > > > Near the top of the GUI you see a box marked profile which contains the > > entry 'default' - This defines your default internet access, and is > > most likely currently set for 'lan' and in the box underneath you > > probably see > > > > Internet Access > > Type : lan > > > > Now create a new profile - call it dialup or something , select the new > > profile in the drop down list, and then go through the Wizard. In the > > wizard unselect lan, and select modem, give the dial up parameters for > > your ISP. Exit with 'OK' > > > > Now when you click on the 'Internet' icon on your desktop you can select > > dialup from the Profile selection, and the button underneath will switch > > to 'Connect:modem' > > > > Thats it. Just switch between the two profiles any time you want to > > change your connect method. > > > > derek > > On a related note - > > I have an ethernet always-on connection, but would like to use a modem > occasionally to send faxes. Would the profile trick work for that? > > Anne
No need. The profile is purely for 'Internet' access. You do not need to switch profiles simply to use the modem for faxes etc. If you are still on Mdk 8.2 you just have to make a small edit in /etc/fax.config in order to fix a small bug in efax. Just find the line beginning LOCK and edit it to LOCK='-x /tmp/LCK..$DEV' Now the KDE fax dialler should work 'out of the box' (so long as you have the efax RPM installed) With 9.0 this is not necessary since the bug was fixed. derek
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