Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the end of the message - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello Guys, I've decided that this mailing list is way too quiet, so I've decided to make some noise ;). I've recently installed Red Hat 8.0. I've followed the instructions found on the linux.org.mt website on how to connect to the ADSL service. (I use an Alcatel Home modem). I downloaded and installed the pptp client for Linux. Here's where the trouble started.
The website said that once I've untarred the pptp-linux-latest.tar.gz file, I should be able to 'make' it. When I typed 'make' it told me the usual no target stuff. What I found was that there were some files and another .tar.gz file in the directory that had been created by untarring. I untarred that too. When I typed 'make' it worked this time, but it made all the files in the directory I was in, and not where they're supposed to be, anyway, I continued. The website said typing '/usr/sbin/adsl-config &' should bring up some window for configuration. That doesn't exist on my system, so I ran something else called adsl-setup - found in the same directory. This asked me for username, password etc... After that was done, I created a host assigned to 10.0.0.138 (by the way, my modem is working, typing 10.0.0.138 in a browser brings up the modem page). I then configured the pptp options file as told in the website. When I type 'pptp connect', the send/receive lights on my modem start to flash, but browsing (both by IP and DNS), doesn't work. What could be wrong? Keith - --------------------------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the linux mailing list. If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailing list, please send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" ------------------------------
