I think what he is asking is if there are free dialup
services (like AltaVista's or Netzero) that work in
Linux. It's the usual confusion about the word "free."
I had something called freewwweb for a while that worked
fine until they changed their authentication and my password
no longer works. AltaVista and Netzero (and most
others) require Windoze software.
Phil
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Tom Brinkman wrote:
� On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, you wrote:
� > I was trying to setup the internet, so I clicked the INTERNET icon, but
� > don't know how to setup modem, and is it possible have a free internet,
� > could you please help me.
� > Thanks
� >
�
� You're just havin a heck of a time with this aren't ya? :)
�
� http://www.mandrakeuser.org/connect/cppp.html
�
� This covers a lot of different ways and applications, so scroll
� down the page till you see 'Kppp' But first....
�
� I gotta feelin, you might've missed, or Mandrake missed figuring
� out what com port, or ttyS? (eg, Com2, or ttyS1) your modem is on.
� Start 'linuxconf' (as root), and mash the 'miscellaneous services'
� button on the 'config' tab. You should now see a 'modem' button to
� mash on. Then you'll see 5 choices, ttyS1 thru S4, and 'unknown'. I
� dunno what happens if you hit unknown ;) Click on the one your
� modem is on (most likely Com2/ttyS1 if you've gotta decent hardware
� modem). Quit making the change(s).
�
� If none of the above doesn't get you going, you might not have a
� modem? Check here: http://www.kcdata.com/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
�
� Read that page, but especially click on the link 'View the entire
� table'. That's prob'ly the most up to date list of modems that
� work with any OS other than Windoze only, ie, real modems.
�
� If none of the above works, holler back with more specifics on
� your hardware, and what you found out. Yes it's possible to have
� free Internet (FWIW). There's very few ISP's in the world that
� can't be accessed usin linux, but very few will tell you how ;)
� Even tho most of 'em are runnin Un*x
�
� --
� ~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
�
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