Re: [newbie] Setting up a PPP dial-up connection

[Dennis Podein]

I only have a 600 meg H/D to play with ,( servers out , and so
is workstation ) , so I set mine up custom . It's not
difficult to do , and you can select what you want ( Netscape
navigator ), and leave what you don't ( Netscape communicator
, 3 of the E-mail clients , etc .) . When I  better learn this
OS , I will get a bigger , better system , but this is good to
learn the basics on . You can also set your modems port  in
the KPPP window  ( where you type your  ISP user name and
password ). When it opens , click on setup , go to the modem
tab , and query the modem . If it isn't found , then select a
different port from the drop down list and query that one ,
etc ., until it reports your modem . Then apply that change
and you should be fine .
- Original Message -
From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 12:33 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Setting up a PPP dial-up connection


 It is indeed unlikely that you will stay with a single
computer as a
 standalone workstation if you are already on this list, but
who truly knows
 what the future holds?

 Workstation installation is the one for choice.  By the time
you know how to
 take advantage of custom, you will be planning bigger and
better things for
 computing.  To set up your modem, click on the K symbol in
the lower
 left-hand corner of your KDE window and look in the
"Internet" category of
 the pop-up menu and select Kppp.  Then follow the
instructions to give it
 your ISP's phone number, your login name and password, and
the usual
 questions you would answer about a modem.  If it points to
dev/modem, then
 use a terminal window to run "modemtool" to set the modem to
your serial
 port.

 Best of luck.  I know I left out a few things, but that is
the way here.  You
 are expected to read the fine material available.

 Civileme

 Richard Salts wrote:

  How does one go setting up a dial-up connection in LM?
 
  Another question unrelated to above question:
 
  What is the best method (or is there one?) of installing
LM?  The
  Workstation, Server or Custom?  I am going to be using LM
as a standalone
  computer, other than having a dial-up Internet connection,
and I hope that
  can be set up.
 
  Richard

Re: [newbie] Setting up a PPP dial-up connection

[Richard Salts]

Civileme:

Thanks for your replies and ideas.  What I mean by a 'standalone' computer
is simply that it is not part of a local area network or LAN.  That's all.
When I dial up the Internet, I connect to it for a while then disconnect
from it and revert to a standalone, or, if one prefers, a Workstation
status.  That's all I meant.  Does that clarify  'standalone' for you?

Richard




At 09:33 PM 7/13/99 -0800, you wrote:
It is indeed unlikely that you will stay with a single computer as a
standalone workstation if you are already on this list, but who truly knows
what the future holds?

Workstation installation is the one for choice.  By the time you know how to
take advantage of custom, you will be planning bigger and better things for
computing.  To set up your modem, click on the K symbol in the lower
left-hand corner of your KDE window and look in the "Internet" category of
the pop-up menu and select Kppp.  Then follow the instructions to give it
your ISP's phone number, your login name and password, and the usual
questions you would answer about a modem.  If it points to dev/modem, then
use a terminal window to run "modemtool" to set the modem to your serial
port.

Best of luck.  I know I left out a few things, but that is the way here.  You
are expected to read the fine material available.

Civileme

Richard Salts wrote:

 How does one go setting up a dial-up connection in LM?

 Another question unrelated to above question:

 What is the best method (or is there one?) of installing LM?  The
 Workstation, Server or Custom?  I am going to be using LM as a standalone
 computer, other than having a dial-up Internet connection, and I hope that
 can be set up.

 Richard