Re: dial-up modem usage

2011-12-07 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 08:54:39PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > > On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:16:12 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > > > > > I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend, and he uses a dial-up > > > modem. It's been many years since I dealt with

Re: dial-up modem usage

2011-11-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 10 nov 11, 20:54:39, Rob Owens wrote: > > I can get gnome-ppp to recognize both modems. But when I attempt to > dial, I don't hear a dialtone or any dialing. Almost immediately the > application says something like "sending password", and it hangs there. > Of course it's going to hang --

Re: dial-up modem usage

2011-11-11 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 08:54:39PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: .snip. > > So I'm thinking maybe I need some kind of initialization string for the > modem. Are they specific to a certain model of modem? Is there > something else I should be trying? See if this helps: http:/

Re: dial-up modem usage

2011-11-11 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:54:39 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > Thanks for the tips, everyone. But it seems I have forgotten more about > modems than I realized. > > I'm now using gnome-ppp as a dialer, which uses wvdial as a backend (I > think). I'm also using martian-modem, which provides a driver for

Re: dial-up modem usage

2011-11-11 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:54:39 -0500 (EST), Rob Owens wrote: > ... > I'm also using martian-modem, which provides a driver for my > Agere WinModem. > ... By the way, I forgot to mention that your winmodem is one of the best ones, in my humble opinion (i.e. the best of a bad breed), since it provides

Re: dial-up modem usage

2011-11-10 Thread Weaver
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:54:39 -0500 Rob Owens wrote: > > On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:16:12 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > > > > > I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend, and he uses a dial-up > > > modem. It's been many years since I dealt with

Re: dial-up modem usage

2011-11-10 Thread Weaver
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:54:39 -0500 Rob Owens wrote: > > On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:16:12 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > > > > > I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend, and he uses a dial-up > > > modem. It's been many years since I dealt with

Re: dial-up modem usage

2011-11-10 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:54:39 -0500 (EST), Rob Owens wrote: > > Thanks for the tips, everyone. But it seems I have forgotten more about > modems than I realized. > > I'm now using gnome-ppp as a dialer, which uses wvdial as a backend (I > think). I'm also using martian-modem, which provides a dr

Re: dial-up modem usage

2011-11-10 Thread Rob Owens
> On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:16:12 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > > > I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend, and he uses a dial-up > > modem. It's been many years since I dealt with a modem, so I could use > > a few tips. > > Thanks for the tips, everyone.

Re: dial-up modem usage

2011-11-09 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:16:12 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend, and he uses a dial-up > modem. It's been many years since I dealt with a modem, so I could use > a few tips. > > I know that winmodems probably won't work, so I

Re: dial-up modem usage

2011-11-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:16:12 -0500 (EST), Rob Owens wrote: > > I know that winmodems probably won't work, so I may have to swap it out > for something in my old parts bin. > That's not necessarily true anymore. I hate winmodems, but some of the most popular winmodems do have Linux drivers these

Re: dial-up modem usage

2011-11-08 Thread Go Linux
--- On Tue, 11/8/11, Rob Owens wrote: > From: Rob Owens > Subject: dial-up modem usage > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 6:16 PM > I'm setting up a Debian system for a > friend, and he uses a dial-up > modem.  It's been many yea

dial-up modem usage

2011-11-08 Thread Rob Owens
I'm setting up a Debian system for a friend, and he uses a dial-up modem. It's been many years since I dealt with a modem, so I could use a few tips. I know that winmodems probably won't work, so I may have to swap it out for something in my old parts bin. What is used to contr

Re: Need dial-up friendly install on USB stick

2011-08-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 20/08/11 02:18, Richard Owlett wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 19/08/11 22:41, Richard Owlett wrote: >> Of the distributions you've mentioned, with the exception of Multicore >> which I've never heard of, all should support the US Robotics modem, >> have dialers, can support NTFS, and wil

Re: Need dial-up friendly install on USB stick

2011-08-19 Thread Richard Owlett
Darac Marjal wrote: On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:31:16AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Rob Owens wrote: On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 07:41:57AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm currently a Windows user who's trying to escape. [cut] My goal is to sit down at keyboard and not be able to tell whether

Re: Need dial-up friendly install on USB stick

2011-08-19 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:31:16AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Rob Owens wrote: > >Did you know that most live USB systems can use a mode called > >"persistence" that allows you to install new software? > > I heard _of_ "persistence" when I first attempted to use Ubuntu. > I'm not sure if that

Re: Need dial-up friendly install on USB stick

2011-08-19 Thread Brian
On Fri 19 Aug 2011 at 10:31:16 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Rob Owens wrote: >> >> With Debian Live, you should be able to install a dialer (kppp is one >> that comes to mind). > > Chuckle - it's the "chicken and egg" problem. > My starting point is I have to take my Windows laptop to local libr

Re: Need dial-up friendly install on USB stick

2011-08-19 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:31:16AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Rob Owens wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 07:41:57AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>I'm currently a Windows user who's trying to escape. > >> [cut] > > My goal is to sit down at keyboard and not be able to tell whether > Linux r

Re: Need dial-up friendly install on USB stick

2011-08-19 Thread Richard Owlett
ect thru a USB modem, USROBOTICS USR5637. a. It will be used on a desktop ( *NO* high speed internet ever _available_ ) and on a laptop (WIFI equipped) which will often need dial-up. I've experimented with "live editions" to determine hardware functionality. As a permanent solution -

Re: Need dial-up friendly install on USB stick

2011-08-19 Thread Richard Owlett
It must be able to connect thru a USB modem, USROBOTICS USR5637. a. It will be used on a desktop ( *NO* high speed internet ever _available_ ) and on a laptop (WIFI equipped) which will often need dial-up. I've experimented with "live editions" to determine har

Re: Need dial-up friendly install on USB stick

2011-08-19 Thread Scott Ferguson
connect thru a USB modem, > USROBOTICS USR5637. a. It will be used on a desktop ( *NO* high speed > internet ever _available_ ) and on a laptop (WIFI equipped) which > will often need dial-up. > > I've experimented with "live editions" to determine hardware > fun

Re: Need dial-up friendly install on USB stick

2011-08-19 Thread Rob Owens
. > 2. It must be able to connect thru a USB modem, USROBOTICS USR5637. >a. It will be used on a desktop ( *NO* high speed internet > ever _available_ ) and on a laptop (WIFI equipped) which > will often need dial-up. > > I've experimented with "live

Need dial-up friendly install on USB stick

2011-08-19 Thread Richard Owlett
used on a desktop ( *NO* high speed internet ever _available_ ) and on a laptop (WIFI equipped) which will often need dial-up. I've experimented with "live editions" to determine hardware functionality. As a permanent solution - DOA! Using YUMI-0.0.2.5 I've tried:

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-30 Thread S D
--- On Fri, 9/17/10, S D wrote: > I have a RS-232 external dial-up modem that I use from time > to time. It works fine when connected through a RS-232 port. > I'd like to use the modem with another PC that doesn't have > a RS-232 port, so I bought a RS-232 to USB adapter

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-19 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
S D wrote: Hi, I have a RS-232 external dial-up modem that I use from time to time. It works fine when connected through a RS-232 port. I'd like to use the modem with another PC that doesn't have a RS-232 port, so I bought a RS-232 to USB adapter cable. It's a simple inexpen

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-18 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:12:48 -0700, S D wrote: > --- On Sat, 9/18/10, Camaleón wrote: > >> Before you throw out your adapater :-), just be sure you cannot even >> communicate with minicom. > > I recalled that there was a way to send a command to the modem without > minicom, so I tried: > > # ec

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-18 Thread S D
--- On Sat, 9/18/10, Camaleón wrote: > Before you throw out your adapater :-), just be sure you > cannot even > communicate with minicom. I recalled that there was a way to send a command to the modem without minicom, so I tried: # echo ATDTtest-phone-number-here > /dev/ttyUSB0 The modem doe

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
Camaleón wrote: Before you throw out your adapater :-), just be sure you cannot even communicate with minicom. It's years since I've not played with minicom, but IIRC, it required to be properly setup before running commands ("minicom -s"). Take a look into this manual and if you still fail to d

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-18 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:28:52 -0700, S D wrote: > --- On Fri, 9/17/10, Camaleón wrote: >> Nonthing special. Well, just that you can establish a dialog with your >> modem by sending AT commands and even place calls. And minicom is >> perfect >> for that :-) > > (...) > Tried minicom. Minicom do

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-17 Thread Greg Madden
On Friday 17 September 2010 15:52:34 S D wrote: > > From: Phil Requirements > > > > What are you using to try to dial out? > > I'm using pppd and the respective pon/poff scripts and configuration files. > This configuration works fine with the modem when the modem is connected > via a RS-232 por

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-17 Thread S D
> From: Phil Requirements > > What are you using to try to dial out? I'm using pppd and the respective pon/poff scripts and configuration files. This configuration works fine with the modem when the modem is connected via a RS-232 port. When the modem is connected via a USB port it doesn't. Th

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-17 Thread Miles Fidelman
Phil Requirements wrote: Here's a couple of other things I tried. I replaced /dev/ttyS0 with /dev/ttyUSB0 in /etc/ppp/peers/provider. Perhaps a silly question, but does the adapter require that you install a driver? -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-17 Thread Phil Requirements
On 2010-09-17 13:28:52 -0700, S D wrote: > On Fri, 9/17/10, Camaleón wrote: > > On ???, SD wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 9/17/10, Camaleón wrote: > > > > > > > > Device is detected at "/dev/ttyUSB0". > > > > > > > > Have you tried to communicate with the modem using > > > > low-level tools, such "m

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-17 Thread S D
--- On Fri, 9/17/10, Camaleón wrote: > > --- On Fri, 9/17/10, Camaleón wrote: > >> > >> Device is detected at "/dev/ttyUSB0". > >> > >> Have you tried to communicate with the modem using > low-level tools, > >> such > >> "minicom"? > > > > No. Anything in particular I should try? Thanks > > N

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-17 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 08:01:03AM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:42:26 -0700, S D wrote: > > > I have a RS-232 external dial-up modem that I use from time to time. It > > works fine when connected through a RS-232 port. I'd like to use the > > modem

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-17 Thread John Hasler
S D writes: > I bought a RS-232 to USB adapter cable. It's a simple inexpensive > cable that doesn't seem to have any chips/processors in it. It does, though. They've failed to implement enough of the modem control lines and/or gotten the voltages wrong. This is quite common. > Any ideas? Thro

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-17 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 01:43:45 -0700, S D wrote: > --- On Fri, 9/17/10, Camaleón wrote: >> >> Device is detected at "/dev/ttyUSB0". >> >> Have you tried to communicate with the modem using low-level tools, >> such >> "minicom"? > > No. Anything in particular I should try? Thanks Nonthing special

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-17 Thread S D
--- On Fri, 9/17/10, Camaleón wrote: > > Device is detected at "/dev/ttyUSB0". > > Have you tried to communicate with the modem using > low-level tools, such > "minicom"? No. Anything in particular I should try? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-17 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:42:26 -0700, S D wrote: > I have a RS-232 external dial-up modem that I use from time to time. It > works fine when connected through a RS-232 port. I'd like to use the > modem with another PC that doesn't have a RS-232 port, so I bought a > RS-23

RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem

2010-09-17 Thread S D
Hi, I have a RS-232 external dial-up modem that I use from time to time. It works fine when connected through a RS-232 port. I'd like to use the modem with another PC that doesn't have a RS-232 port, so I bought a RS-232 to USB adapter cable. It's a simple inexpensive cable th

Re: dial up support

2008-07-08 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008, Andrei Popescu engaged keyboard and shared this with us all: >--} On Fri,04.Jul.08, 01:48:35, Michelle Konzack wrote: >--} > > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >--} > > >The gold-standard in modems is the 3Com/US Robotics Courier >--} > > >V-Everything. It works with a serial port and

Re: dial up support

2008-07-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,04.Jul.08, 01:48:35, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > >The gold-standard in modems is the 3Com/US Robotics Courier > > >V-Everything. It works with a serial port and requires no drivers. It > > >also does great on noisy lines. I purchased mine off eBay for $49. > >

Re: dial up support

2008-07-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-07-02 14:47:16, schrieb Daniel Dalton: > So what your basically saying is there is no such thing as a serial win > modem? Oh yes, there are, but VERY rare. Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator 24V Electronic Engineer Tamay Dogan Netwo

Re: dial up support

2008-07-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-07-02 11:00:03, schrieb Hugo Vanwoerkom: > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >The gold-standard in modems is the 3Com/US Robotics Courier > >V-Everything. It works with a serial port and requires no drivers. It > >also does great on noisy lines. I purchased mine off eBay for $49. > > > What's

Re: dial up support

2008-07-02 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 08:30:45AM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: I just realised I have dial up all around Australia, so want to take advantage of this. So, my laptop has a win modem in side it. So can anyone tell me a brand and model to look for on ebay, so I can get a

Re: dial up support

2008-07-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 08:30:45AM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > I just realised I have dial up all around Australia, so want to take > advantage of this. > So, my laptop has a win modem in side it. So can anyone tell me a brand > and model to look for on ebay, so I can get a cheap 56

Re: dial up support

2008-07-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 14:47 +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 09:44:34PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 08:30 +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > > > > I just realised I have dial up all around Australia, so want to take > > >

Re: dial up support

2008-07-01 Thread Mumia W..
On 07/01/2008 08:55 PM, Daniel Dalton wrote: [...] And also, I looked at linmodem's site, but... can you use the standard tools with a linmodem as you would with a non-win modem? Thanks, A short answer would probably be "no," but it depends upon what you mean by standard tools. My modem re

Re: dial up support

2008-07-01 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 09:44:34PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 08:30 +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > > I just realised I have dial up all around Australia, so want to take > > advantage of this. > > So, my laptop has a win modem in side it. So ca

Re: dial up support

2008-07-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 08:30 +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > I just realised I have dial up all around Australia, so want to take > advantage of this. > So, my laptop has a win modem in side it. So can anyone tell me a brand > and model to look for on ebay, so I can get a cheap 56 k mod

Re: dial up support

2008-07-01 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 07:16:00PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.com/Lucent-Venus-Chip-56K-PCI-Hardware-Modem-Windows-Linux_W0QQitemZ270251017380QQihZ017QQcategoryZ16145QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > Now that wasn't so hard, was it? No, I know how to do an ebay search, I wa

Re: dial up support

2008-07-01 Thread Mumia W..
On 07/01/2008 05:30 PM, Daniel Dalton wrote: Hi, I just realised I have dial up all around Australia, so want to take advantage of this. So, my laptop has a win modem in side it. [...] Go to http://www.Linmodems.org/ ; they have a scanModem tool that can help you find drivers for it ; I was

Re: dial up support

2008-07-01 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 08:30:45 +1000 Daniel Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I just realised I have dial up all around Australia, so want to take > advantage of this. > So, my laptop has a win modem in side it. So can anyone tell me a brand > and model to look for

dial up support

2008-07-01 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, I just realised I have dial up all around Australia, so want to take advantage of this. So, my laptop has a win modem in side it. So can anyone tell me a brand and model to look for on ebay, so I can get a cheap 56 k modem that will work with linux? After that I think I know how to configure

Re: usb dial up modem?

2008-05-19 Thread Chris Davies
Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But how much does a non-winmodem modem cost me? I think they're around £30. Maybe less on eBay. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: usb dial up modem?

2008-05-19 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 05:57:03PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Friday 16 May 2008 05:45:49 pm ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: > > Any one using USR5633b USB dialup exyernal modem with Linux? > > I am looking for one that will work under Linux > > as the new computer does not have serial ports! > > Yikes!

Re: usb dial up modem?

2008-05-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: Any one using USR5633b USB dialup exyernal modem with Linux? I am looking for one that will work under Linux as the new computer does not have serial ports! Do these modem need a special driver? This: http://www.usr.com/support/product-template.asp?prod=5633b says that

Re: usb dial up modem?

2008-05-17 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 08:45:49PM -0400, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: > > Any one using USR5633b USB dialup exyernal modem with Linux? > I am looking for one that will work under Linux > as the new computer does not have serial ports! > > Do these modem need a special driver? > -ishwar >From what I'd ski

Re: usb dial up modem?

2008-05-16 Thread John Hasler
ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: > Any one using USR5633b USB dialup exyernal modem with Linux? I am > looking for one that will work under Linux as the new computer does not > have serial ports! If you already have that modem just plug it in, run pppconfig, say "yes" in the "Choose Modem Config Method" scre

Re: usb dial up modem?

2008-05-16 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 16 May 2008 05:45:49 pm ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: > Any one using USR5633b USB dialup exyernal modem with Linux? > I am looking for one that will work under Linux > as the new computer does not have serial ports! Yikes! Thank God PCI serial cards are under $10. > Do these modem need a speci

usb dial up modem?

2008-05-16 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
Any one using USR5633b USB dialup exyernal modem with Linux? I am looking for one that will work under Linux as the new computer does not have serial ports! Do these modem need a special driver? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: Internet Dial-up Connection Setting

2007-02-21 Thread John Hasler
Nyizsnyik Ferenc writes: > It is to be created in /etc. Yes. > If you don't have any, create one in /etc/ppp, and a symlink in /etc > pointing to it. No. Don't do that. Just do 'touch /etc/resolv.conf' as root. > Basically it consists of two lines - the two nameservers you will use and > your

Re: Internet Dial-up Connection Setting

2007-02-21 Thread Chris Lale
Khurram Pirzada wrote: Hi everyone, I have somewhat different problem. I use Lucent Dual Chipset modem which is on PCI slot 1 (under XP) at COM3. Additionally I have Realtek RTL8139 family PCI Fast Ethernet at NIC #1 & 2. Last night I installed Debian and skipped to configure internet setting

Re: Internet Dial-up Connection Setting

2007-02-21 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 23:20 -0800, Khurram Pirzada wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have somewhat different problem. I use Lucent Dual Chipset modem which is > on PCI > slot 1 (under XP) at COM3. Additionally I have Realtek RTL8139 family PCI Fast > Ethernet at NIC #1 & 2. > > Last night I installed

Internet Dial-up Connection Setting

2007-02-20 Thread Khurram Pirzada
Hi everyone, I have somewhat different problem. I use Lucent Dual Chipset modem which is on PCI slot 1 (under XP) at COM3. Additionally I have Realtek RTL8139 family PCI Fast Ethernet at NIC #1 & 2. Last night I installed Debian and skipped to configure internet setting later. Later when I trie

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-09 Thread Mark Grieveson
Thanks for all the great suggestions for the dial up connection. The computer is an old laptop that I'm setting up for my mom (an IBM Thinkpad 770, with MS-DOS and Mom's beloved WordPerfect 5.1 on one partition, and Abiword, with xfce4, on the other partition), with a dial-up conn

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Mark Grieveson wrote: > Hello. Is there a graphical application for achieving a dial-up > connection for xfce? I don't wish to use kppp, or gnome-ppp. mv /etc/ppp/no_ppp_on_boot to /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot and set the ppp options to persist and to automatically redail if the connect

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-09 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:37 -0500 Mark Grieveson wrote: > I've used wvdial, but I find it only works as root. I've been using wvdial for many years. This command enabled it to be run as user: chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd I just did not have Debian at that time, so I can't check this. Not 100% sure

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-09 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 08:49:25PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 10:28:16PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > Andrew Sackville-West writes: > > > okay, I'll buy that, but then what's dialout for? > > > > You need to be in "dialout" to run programs such as Minicom that c

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-09 Thread John Hasler
Doug. writes: > I think dip is for users who may "dial ip" e.g. establish a ppp link... It's named after the old dip program. > ...and dialout is for users who may "dial out" anything. Connecting to a remote computer via a modem and terminal emulator program was once the only reason most users n

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 10:28:16PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West writes: > > okay, I'll buy that, but then what's dialout for? > > You need to be in "dialout" to run programs such as Minicom that connect to > serial ports. The names "dip" and "dialout" are of historic signific

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-08 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 10:28:16PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West writes: > > okay, I'll buy that, but then what's dialout for? > > You need to be in "dialout" to run programs such as Minicom that connect to > serial ports. The names "dip" and "dialout" are of historic signific

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-08 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 08:11:01PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 09:40:45PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > Mark Grieveson wrote: > > > Is there a graphical application for achieving a dial-up connection for > > > xfce? > > > &g

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-08 Thread John Hasler
Andrew Sackville-West writes: > okay, I'll buy that, but then what's dialout for? You need to be in "dialout" to run programs such as Minicom that connect to serial ports. The names "dip" and "dialout" are of historic significance only. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 09:40:45PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Mark Grieveson wrote: > > Is there a graphical application for achieving a dial-up connection for > > xfce? > > Try gpppon. It is essentially a GUI wrapper around pon and poff. > Configure PPP with pppconfi

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-08 Thread John Hasler
Charlie writes: > Also to allow the user to connect and disconnect # adduser dip Pppconfig can take care of this. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-08 Thread John Hasler
Mark Grieveson wrote: > Is there a graphical application for achieving a dial-up connection for > xfce? Try gpppon. It is essentially a GUI wrapper around pon and poff. Configure PPP with pppconfig. Andrew Sackville-West writes: > what group is pppd? I think you can just add yourse

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-08 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On 09/01/07, Mark Grieveson wrote: I've used wvdial, but I find it only works as root. As a regular user it states that it cannot access pppd, instructing me to check my permissions. I've checked, and regular users have read permission, with the program being labelled executable. Does it n

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 08:37:44PM -0500, Mark Grieveson wrote: > Hello. Is there a graphical application for achieving a dial-up connection > for xfce? I don't wish to use kppp, or gnome-ppp. I saw you on xfce list... but couldn't come up with a thing to help. its amazi

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-08 Thread M-L
On Tuesday 09 January 2007 12:37, Mark Grieveson sent this for all our perusal: >---> Hello. Is there a graphical application for achieving a dial-up > connection for xfce? I don't wish to use kppp, or gnome-ppp. ---> >---> I've used wvdial, but I find it only works

dial up connection

2007-01-08 Thread Mark Grieveson
Hello. Is there a graphical application for achieving a dial-up connection for xfce? I don't wish to use kppp, or gnome-ppp. I've used wvdial, but I find it only works as root. As a regular user it states that it cannot access pppd, instructing me to check my permissions. I&

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-24 Thread Gianfranco
Hi all! I've the same problem... On the same pc, with windows xp internet is fast (about 80k) but with the latest debian etch, internet is very very very slow (about 25k)!! I've installed debian sarge, dist-upgrading to etch and the download speed is about 80k. But installing the deb linux-image

Re: cable modem connection slower then dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Zoran Kolic
> Ok. It seems that the internet is extremely fast when I use Mozilla > and extremely slow when I use Konqueror. I am still unable to telnet > www.google.com 80 get /. What machine exactly you have? If it is pentium I with 64 mb... KDE is ready to modern box, just as xp or vista. Fire up fv

Re: cable modem connection slower then dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Rodrigo Paes
On 6 Nov 2006 13:59:23 -0800 "schmity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok. It seems that the internet is extremely fast when I use Mozilla > and extremely slow when I use Konqueror. I am still unable to telnet > www.google.com 80 get /. seems like we are getting somewhere now... if browsing t

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Russell L. Harris
If there is any question concerning the router, and if you have a spare machine with a pair of ethernet cards, download an ISO image of SmoothWall Express 2.0 (www.smoothwall.org), burn a CD, install SmoothWall on the spare machine, and see whether the situation improves. Installation of Smoot

Re: cable modem connection slower then dial up

2006-11-06 Thread schmity
Ok. It seems that the internet is extremely fast when I use Mozilla and extremely slow when I use Konqueror. I am still unable to telnet www.google.com 80 get /. > I've seen your ping results. Better than > my probes. > To debug this issue, power down all devi- > ces. Computers, router, mode

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Miles Bader
Rodrigo Paes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> PING www.l.google.com (66.249.89.104): 56 data bytes >> 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=243 time=15.3 ms >> 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=16.6 ms >> 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=243 time=16.7 ms >> 64 byte

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Rodrigo Paes
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:40:44 +0900 Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PING www.l.google.com (66.249.89.104): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=243 time=15.3 ms > 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=16.6 ms > 64 bytes from 66.249.89.104: icmp_seq=

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Miles Bader
Rodrigo Paes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "schmity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ping www.google.com >> PING www.l.google.com (216.239.37.104) 56(84) bytes of data. >> 64 bytes from 216.239.37.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=241 time=78.5 ms >> 64 bytes from 216.239.37.104: icmp_seq=2 tt

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-06 Thread schmity
Ok I added the following line in my /etc/network/interfaces file auto eth0 ... ... up ifconfig mtu 1450 after doing a ifdown -a and ifup -a I could verify the mtu by ifconfig -a. I tried 1450, 1400, 1300, 1200, .700. None of which seemed to help. how do I check on the ipv6 packet? Ken Irv

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Rodrigo Paes
On 5 Nov 2006 19:48:17 -0800 "schmity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ping www.google.com > PING www.l.google.com (216.239.37.104) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from 216.239.37.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=241 time=78.5 ms > 64 bytes from 216.239.37.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=241 time

Re: cable modem connection slower then dial up

2006-11-06 Thread David R. Litwin
On 06/11/06, Zoran Kolic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a cable modem connected to a router that connects to a Windows> XP machine and my Debian linux machine.  Internet on the Windows XP> machine is extremely fast and the Debian machine is slower than dial up > (no j

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-06 Thread Ken Irving
On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 07:48:17PM -0800, schmity wrote: > Here is what I get when I do the tests. It takes a long time to ping > google and yahoo. Telnet didn't work with google or yahoo and it was > extremely slow also. Don't know about the ipv6 packet or where to > ... Maybe check the MTU se

Re: cable modem connection slower then dial up

2006-11-05 Thread Zoran Kolic
> I have a cable modem connected to a router that connects to a Windows > XP machine and my Debian linux machine. Internet on the Windows XP > machine is extremely fast and the Debian machine is slower than dial up > (no joke! night and day difference!) What is wrong with the Debi

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-05 Thread schmity
Here is what I get when I do the tests. It takes a long time to ping google and yahoo. Telnet didn't work with google or yahoo and it was extremely slow also. Don't know about the ipv6 packet or where to look. I'll check into it or if you have more info that you could give me it would be apprec

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-05 Thread Rodrigo Paes
On 5 Nov 2006 18:28:32 -0800 "schmity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a cable modem connected to a router that connects to a Windows > XP machine and my Debian linux machine. Internet on the Windows XP > machine is extremely fast and the Debian machine is slowe

cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-05 Thread schmity
I have a cable modem connected to a router that connects to a Windows XP machine and my Debian linux machine. Internet on the Windows XP machine is extremely fast and the Debian machine is slower than dial up (no joke! night and day difference!) What is wrong with the Debian machine? -- To

VPN, Dial-up

2006-09-18 Thread Yura
Hi, I had one problem with connecting to the internet through VPN. I am connected to the local network, a network is configured for DHCP. Use Etch. A return on iternet is through VPN. For creation of connecting utillize pptp-linux. Create connecting of #pon tunnel. Creating connecting is

Re: Dial-up modem terminal........

2006-08-31 Thread M-L
On Friday 01 September 2006 11:11, M-L shared this with us all: >--> Using pon to dial my external Maestro Woomera modem, I don't know how to > bring --> up a terminal to talk to it in Debian etch. >--> >--> When using KPPP I could get into a modem terminal window. With pon, I > have no --> idea. >

Dial-up modem terminal........

2006-08-31 Thread M-L
Using pon to dial my external Maestro Woomera modem, I don't know how to bring up a terminal to talk to it in Debian etch. When using KPPP I could get into a modem terminal window. With pon, I have no idea. I need this so that my phone line can be checked, apparently. Thanks in advance, Charli

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