Paul Sutton wrote: > David King wrote: >> I recently had a problem with my broadband connection, it just stopped >> working one night. Works okay again now though. >> >> But it meant that I had to try dialup for the first time in years. I >> still have an external serial modem (Zoom V.92) which I connected, but I >> could not get connected to the Internet with it. I had great difficulty >> in finding any kind of installed software in Ubuntu that would allow me >> to dial up any ISP through the modem. It was very easy in Windows, but >> why is it that a default Ubuntu installation contains no easy way of >> using dialup? I have since downloaded GnomePPP which is what I was >> looking for, something very much like the dialup program in the old >> Windows that I was used to. >> >> It is great for broadband users to install Ubuntu and then just get >> online and get updates, etc., but when broadband is broken, there is no >> easy way to get connected. And without the internet connection, no way >> to search online for an answer. >> >> Ubuntu needs to have GnomePPP installed by default. >> >> >> I did find a CLI program called wvdial that was installed, and I set a >> phone number for an ISP and username and password, into the conf file >> for it. But the number was old and no longer in use, so it would not >> connect. Then I found some info that should work, put that into the conf >> file, but after dialling that from wvdial, it just disconnected and then >> tried to redial using the original number that I put in but had deleted. >> So why did it remember the old number that was removed? >> >> I also put the dial up details into the Network Connections dialog (by >> clicking on the network icon near the clock) and entering dialup details >> in there, but from that dialog there is no button to click to actually >> dial. However, I noticed that a few minutes later Ubuntu was dialling >> something without displaying any kind of status as to what it was doing. >> It did this, then disconnected, and again later, seemingly at random. I >> did check the phone when it had dialled out, and heard the usual modem >> data sounds, so it was connecting to the ISP, but not staying connected. >> >> Even though most people now use broadband, Canonical really need to >> include proper dial up software in Ubuntu for those without broadband, >> and for those whose broadband temporarily goes offline. >> >> Up until this incident I thought that Ubuntu was pretty much the ideal >> OS to install from the CD, but it seems that once installed, if you have >> no broadband, getting online is nearly impossible. Canonical need to fix >> this asap, if they have not done so already. I am using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, >> and being an LTS edition, it should have the dialup software like >> GnomePPP preinstalled. Maybe it has been fixed in 8.10, but the LTS >> users must be catered for too. >> >> >> >> >> David King >> >> >> > A bit late yes, but this may be useful > > http://www.ubuntugeek.com/setting-up-dial-up-connection-in-ubuntu.html > > paul > this may be useful, but it still requires gnomeppp to be installed, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=988472
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