Dan: There's nothing wrong with the software -- most of the people on this list are using the software that came with one or another Mandrake distribution for their net connections. (BTW, in one sense, it's all third party software.) Let's back up and start again. What kind of hardware do you have? (The modem identification is especially important.) What are you trying to connect to? How? What have you tried? What happened? Clearly, you're able to make some sort of connection. How? Regards, Carroll (who misses Blackadder - the only history he ever liked) dan burrows wrote: > > hi everyone again > > i have tryed all of your advice on getting connected to the net. all i can > see it there has to be a fault in the mandrake connection software. > > can anyone tell me where i can get some third party software? i have found > something called vwdail but it needs compiling and i am not sure how > > so advice on either would be welcomed!! > > i am using mandrake 7.2 > > thanks > > dan > > '(Wales is) a ghastly place, huge gangs of tough, sinewy men roaming the > valleys terrifying people with their close-harmony singing. You need half a > pint of phlegm in your throat just to pronounce the place names. Never ask > for directions in Wales, Baldrick - you'll be washing spit out of your hair > for a fortnight.' > > -- Blackadder, Amy And Amiability
