I think what he is asking is if there are free dialup
services (like AltaVista's or Netzero) that work in
Linux. It's the usual confusion about the word "free."
I had something called freewwweb for a while that worked
fine until they changed their authentication and my password
no longer works. AltaVista and Netzero (and most
others) require Windoze software.
Phil
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Tom Brinkman wrote:
» On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, you wrote:
» > I was trying to setup the internet, so I clicked the INTERNET icon, but
» > don't know how to setup modem, and is it possible have a free internet,
» > could you please help me.
» > Thanks
» >
»
» You're just havin a heck of a time with this aren't ya? :)
»
» http://www.mandrakeuser.org/connect/cppp.html
»
» This covers a lot of different ways and applications, so scroll
» down the page till you see 'Kppp' But first....
»
» I gotta feelin, you might've missed, or Mandrake missed figuring
» out what com port, or ttyS? (eg, Com2, or ttyS1) your modem is on.
» Start 'linuxconf' (as root), and mash the 'miscellaneous services'
» button on the 'config' tab. You should now see a 'modem' button to
» mash on. Then you'll see 5 choices, ttyS1 thru S4, and 'unknown'. I
» dunno what happens if you hit unknown ;) Click on the one your
» modem is on (most likely Com2/ttyS1 if you've gotta decent hardware
» modem). Quit making the change(s).
»
» If none of the above doesn't get you going, you might not have a
» modem? Check here: http://www.kcdata.com/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
»
» Read that page, but especially click on the link 'View the entire
» table'. That's prob'ly the most up to date list of modems that
» work with any OS other than Windoze only, ie, real modems.
»
» If none of the above works, holler back with more specifics on
» your hardware, and what you found out. Yes it's possible to have
» free Internet (FWIW). There's very few ISP's in the world that
» can't be accessed usin linux, but very few will tell you how ;)
» Even tho most of 'em are runnin Un*x
»
» --
» ~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
»
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