Re: setting up www access

2001-11-20 Thread Johnny Ernst Nielsen
>I've tried using pppconfig and it all seems very straightforward. But >it's not working. From the Ww's partition I can pick up the server >ip address and that the modem is on COM3 / ttyS2. What's the 'default >gateway' and where do I enter that info? What else could be wrong? Maybe >the Debia

Re: setting up www access

2001-11-20 Thread ben
you can use wvdial in a terminal to test your setup. you need to create a file called /etc/wvdial.conf according to the format below. fill in the relevant details, open up a terminal, and type wvdial. you should get enough of a response back from that to single out whatever problem(s) exist(s).

Re: setting up www access

2001-11-20 Thread Simon R Tod
I've tried using pppconfig and it all seems very straightforward. But it's not working. From the Ww's partition I can pick up the server ip address and that the modem is on COM3 / ttyS2. What's the 'default gateway' and where do I enter that info? What else could be wrong? Maybe the Debian part

Re: setting up www access

2001-11-16 Thread nate
Simon R Tod said: > I have acquired a username, password and phone number for a local > isp and am having trouble setting up a dial-up connection. I've > been trying to use the default PPP utility that comes with GNOME > but it seems to want lots additional information I don't know how > to provide

Re: setting up www access

2001-11-16 Thread Frank Zimmermann
I have acquired a username, password and phone number for a local isp and am having trouble setting up a dial-up connection. I've been trying to use the default PPP utility that comes with GNOME but it seems to want lots additional information I don't know how to provide. Any help much appreciated

Re: setting up www access

2001-11-16 Thread ben
check the man pages for /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts, and wvdial. you'll need to know the IP addresses for your ISPs nameservers, the port for your modem, and its speed. Simon R Tod wrote: > > I have acquired a username, password and phone number for a local isp > and am having trouble setting u

setting up www access

2001-11-16 Thread Simon R Tod
I have acquired a username, password and phone number for a local isp and am having trouble setting up a dial-up connection. I've been trying to use the default PPP utility that comes with GNOME but it seems to want lots additional information I don't know how to provide. Any help much appreciated.