Dialup
Thomas W. Cranston
cranston_tom at asapchoice.com
Thu Jun 16 13:48:56 UTC 2005
akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
>On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 05:25:40PM +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
>
>
>>Thomas W. Cranston wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>I am Linux newbie. I am A+ certified (I know-big deal)
>>>
>>>I just installed Fedora Core 3 2004-11-03. I used System Settings -
>>>Network - Query - entered Password for root - Network Configuration - My
>>>USR internal hardware Modem shows up as ppp0.
>>>
>>>Nothing happens when I activate it. Its volume is set at very loud.
>>>
>>>I can get out on the web using that machine, running Damm Small Linux
>>>(DSL)form the CD player and RAM, so that tells me that there is not a
>>>hardware problem.
>>>
>>>I do not see any way to select authentication methods from the Network
>>>Configuration. (PAP, Chat, or CHAP) I do not see an option to configure
>>>my modem to .......S4 (comm 5) Where USR Modems usually configure to.
>>>This is where I place it when running DSL. I find it odd that a lot of
>>>Linux distros automatically configure the modem to .....S0 (comm 1), as
>>>most hardware modems are USR (at least in this part of the world), and
>>>they configure to ....S4. How do I make these choices?
>>>
>>>Now comes the big question
>>>
>>>I tried tail -f /var/log/messages, and got permission denied.
>>>
>>>I am assuming that I have root permissions, as I created a root password
>>>during the installation, as well as a User name and a password. I use my
>>>root password to use the network configuration application.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>You could also try the command-line program "wvdial" as an option for
>>setting up an Internet connection.
>>
>>Paul.
>>
>>
>system-config-network configures wvdial and is easier to use than
>figuring out the wvdial.conf. You device is simply /dev/ttySx where x
>is where you decide on which serial port you are using. I is somewhat
>tedious since you have to be sure you enter everything like ip number
>gateway, etc correctly but it works pretty well. Then you want to use
>the applet modem lights to your task bar to do the connects and
>disconnects.
>
>
The problem is that system-config-network configures wvdial so that so
that my modem is configured to ttyS0 (it needs to be configured to
ttyS4), and I do not get to choose the type of authentification.
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