install wvdial off your mandrake cd's then go to /etc in an xterm (as root) and type 'touch wvdial.conf'
then type wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf it will go and find your modem, query it, and put its details in /etc/wvdial.conf... then, edit that file, and fill in the blanks for dialup number, username and password.. then, run the file by typing: wvdial & the modem will dialup your ISP, and work out what it needs... it works great.. I create two files called dial and hangup.. by doing this: touch /usr/sbin/dial and touch /usr/sbin/hangup then edit dial and put: wvdial & in it, and any other things you want to run on dialup, (like restarting you firewall or whatever.) then do the same for hangup, and this time put: killall wvdial then, whenever you want to dial, you type dial, and ditto with hangup... works great, and it solved a problem I had, where my ISP, uses two different routers to connect to, both of which had different prompting methods and as such normal dialup scripts wouldn't work... give it a go, its easy to do, and works great... (you will have to use sudo if you want to do it as anyone other then root.) rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mandrake Newbie Sent: Tuesday, 22 January 2002 5:22 PM To: Linux Mandrake Newbie Subject: [newbie] Dial-up connection problem Hello everyone! =) I need your help. I don't know how to connect to the Internet using my dial-up connection. I am using Speed Com+ 56K external modem (serial) running on Mandrake 8.1. I hope you can give me a HOW-TO on how to connect my dial-up to the Internet. Please forgive me if this is a very newbie question. It's just that I don't know how and I really want to surf the web using my Mandrake 8.1 already. Thanks in advance... God bless... __________________________________ www.edsamail.com
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