Using dial-up with Linux?

jaqian · 14-12-2005 9:32am #1

How do I go about getting dial-up to work with Linux? Our connection is with Eircom but I'm open to using any other service in Ireland (is there any?).

Cheers,
Jaqian

WizZard · 14-12-2005 9:52am

Google for pppd. That's the daemon to use. Haven't used it in years

Once your modem is supported it's handy.

BTW, specifying the distro you use is often helpful.

<edit>This might be helpful to you</edit>

jaqian · 14-12-2005 10:01am

Haven't decided on a distro yet. Looking for something tha'll work with a P2 64mb ram. Any suggestions?

niallb · 15-12-2005 12:52am

Most distros will have a very simple dial-up tool.
If you can't find it, look for wvdial.
Very easy to use and almost bulletproof.

NiallB

jaqian · 15-12-2005 8:33am

Thats good to know. What info do I need to provide so I can start dialing into the net? For example on my broadband I needed IP address, Submask etc

niallb · 15-12-2005 9:48am

What ISP are you using?
For your broadband link, your system should have been able
to autoconfigure your IP address, subnet mask etc, and it will
do the same for dialup.
You'll need telephone number, username, and password.
Other useful details would be proxy server, email settings etc, but they are seperate to gettinthe link up.

NiallB

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