Re: [aclug-L] help on PPP

["Jesse Kaufman" <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
>hey ussed the ppp tool, all he should have to do is activate ppp from the
>network tool, it should dial and connect. If this doesn't work. Trye the
>method on the aclug homepage
>

I tried this, but what happened is it would dial, then you'd hear all the
nifty sounds screaming from my modem, then after a few seconds, it was like
it had timed-out, hung up, then tried again...

>>
>> The trouble with Sendmail and SAMBA is that they are trying to do
>> nameservice lookups when they start, but since your computer is not
>> connected to the net at that instant, these lookups fail.  Eventually
>> they timeout and realize that something isn't working like they expect
>> and proceed to give up.
>>
>
>Well I remember helping him, and he is planning to hook-up his box with a
>bunch of window boexes via thernet so he needs Samba, how does he set it
>up
>

yup, i'm hooking up to QuadNet here @ Tabor, and that will be where i get
i'net, share mp3z, etc...  i figured out how to keep Samba from hanging my
system at boot (i went into the net config tool, and told them not to load
at boot)

>> If you don't have Ethernet on your computer, you most likely don't
>> need Samba.  The same goes for Sendmail -- if you read your mail from
>> your ISP's pop box, it is easier by far to use the mail module in
>> Netscape Communicator.


So, i can run Netscape and use it's e-mail proggy just like i am using
outlook xpress now w/o needing sendmail?

Oh, and BTW...yes, john, i am running RedHat...sorry...no Debian here.  :
^ )  do you know of someone in aclug who knows a lot, or specializes in RH?
i am running 5.1, if that helps...

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