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From: Wai Fun Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, June 05, 1998 10:20 AM
Subject: setting up ppp on rh 5.0
>hiya,
> I was trying to setup the ppp on my linux box without success,
>I also went thru' the FAQ and mini-Howto, so here is the steps I gone
>thru':
>
>1. su root
First of all login as root to begin with then make the changes and see if
they stick.
>2. setup the modem as COM2 under the control panel (it works perfectly
>fine under Win95 on COM2 - the modem is Motorola External VoiceSURFER)
>2. choose network management
>3. add the interface ppp0 and set the phone no, username and password
>4. activate the interface, save and quit. (I already recompiled the kernel
>with pppd support)
>
>now the strangest is when I went back and check the interface again, it
>says the ppp0 is deactivated (i.e. no matter how I set it to active, it
>didn't activate) Any ideas what might go wrong? (I used ifconfig to
>see the status, only lo is up) thanks in advance!
ifconfig will only show as it being active if the connection was made and is
successful. and is currently connected. Go into your /etc/ppp/options file
and add the lines debug & kdebug 7, then tail -f the /var/log/messages file
to see what is happening when pppd tries to connect to your isp.
It's why I just love external modem, you can tell at a glance if you are
connected.
>
>-Aaron
>
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