problems with dial-up

[Michael Klinosky]

Andrew:
> Setup your modem through system-config-network.

That's (essentially) what I did - except that I did it thru the menu 
(System > Admin).

>  Then from the command 
> line issue 'ifup' to start the connection, ifdown to close the 
> connection.  Do it as your user id, not as root.  The problem I had was 
> I started the ppp connection as root and started my browser as user.  
> You could also use "modem lights" to start the connection by changing 
> the command it issues to ifup and ifdown.

That's exactly how I had it running (back in F6)! But it won't work like 
that now.   :(

> I also made changes to wvdial, but I discovered it was unnecessary.

What 'sections' does wvdial need in its conf file? I.e., does it need 
[dialer defaults]? [modem0]? [dialer (config name)]?