Re: [aclug-L] help on PPP

["Michael S. Bainum" <kodiakm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the help on the PPP problem with RH5.1.  I now have pppd working 
from the
command line and only need to write the chat scripts for it.  I know that I for 
one
am happy to be in the Linux stable mainly because of the entropy of brain cells
caused by windoze!

John Goerzen wrote:

> Now this is something I know too much about (running PPP from the
> command line).
>
> You can find detailed instructions for SouthWind at:
>
> http://www2.southwind.net/~jgoerzen
>
> or:
>
> http://www.aclug.org/ispconn/
>
> Just a warning: RH's graphical tools don't get along well with the
> command-line mode, so please use one or the other but not both.
>
> John
>
> "Michael S. Bainum" <kodiakm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > > >
> > > >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...
> > >
> >
> > I also have the same problem exact problem with PPP on RH 5.0 & now 5.1.  I
> > tried the method listed on the aclug homepage and used the command line 
> > program
> > 'ifup'.  Doing this gives me the same result listed above.  I did get a 
> > program
> > for X called XISP that setup ppp and ran the connection for me just fine if 
> > I
> > was in a graphical environ.  I am not sure just what I am doing wrong but I
> > would like to be able to run ppp from the command line.
> >
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