First off, I hope AOL isn't your primary provider-- You can't use it with
Linux. Period. =( There's simply no client software for it. (And if
I'm wrong, someone PLEASE tell me, I've been looking FOREVER for such a
thing).
Any other provider that uses PPP and doesn't require specialized client
software you can set up with Linux. Setup for ISPs varies under various
distributions of linux.... Slackware has pppsetup, Red Hat has Linuxconf,
SuSE has YaST, and there are various others.
- Mike
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Michael B. Trausch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.wcnet.org/~mtrausch 100% Microsoft Free on a PC!
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On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 19:30:26 EST
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: internet connection
>
>Hello, I just installed RedHat 5.2 (my first stab as a linux system) and I'm
>slowly trying to get various things to work. My biggest problem right now is I
>don't know where to even start regarding connecting to my ISP through linux.
>In Win95/98 I just connect through the standard dial-up software. My ISP uses
>PAP, if that's important. And no, my modem is not a Winmodem. If someone
>could please outline the steps I should take in order to get online in linux,
>I would greatly appreciate it.
>Thx in advance,
>Argus
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