On 11 Apr, Bushman wrote:
>
> Hi people,
>
> As a complete newbie to Windows not so very long ago, setting up my
> Internet connection was no problem. Now, as a Linux newbie, I wish I
> could say the same :-)
>
> Can anyone tell me, in 5 lines or less, how I go about setting up my
> connection, or point me to an idiot-proof program that will make this a
> simple process - bearing in mind that editing scripts, etc. is beyond my
> meagre talents. I use KDE as my preferred GUI, so anything I can run on
> this to solve my problem would be ideal.
>
> My thanks in anticipation.
>
> Bushman.
>
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I suggest trying wvdial which is included on the SuSE 6 cd. This
program creates a little 10 line file in /etc on your system called
wvdial.conf. You simply edit this file with pico and fill in the
blanks for each value. The values are like Phone Number, Login:
Password:, etc. The file is a ascii text file. Wvdial does a nice job
at checking out modem capabilities, etc. You will need to ensure that
your /etc/hosts file is right and that /etc/resolv.conf is correct.
See the suse manual on these files or drop me an email and I can help
with it.
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