Dialup configuration

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Dialup configuration

pppconfig

Advantages

  • reliable
  • easy to configure for someone familiar with command line
  • can be used by normal user

Disadvantages

  • requires root to create new connection and to debug
  • not obvious to someone used to a gui interface

Configuration

  • open a terminal, become root, type pppconfig
  • Use the defaults for most things
  • The modem may be autodetected if it is a ISA modem but if it is not, or the modem is a PCI modem, manually enter /dev/modem

Use

  • to start a connection, type "pon" (if you created a connection with a name other than "provider", you must use "pon <name>")
  • to close a connection, type "poff"
  • to debug (as root) type "plog". this shows the tail of the ppp log.
  • to tell if you are connected type "netstat -nr" and look for the ppp0 interface.

kppp

Advantages

  • Graphical windows-like
  • Easy to configure, defaults mostly good
  • Easy to get ATI command responses

Disadvantages

  • Very flaky, fails to work at reasonable speed on good modems
  • buggy

gnome-ppp

Advantages

  • Graphical interface
  • Easy to configure, defaults mostly good
  • Excellent logging, easy to tell when and how failure happens
  • Auto detection of many kinds of modems, including PCI modems on ttyS14 (if MAKEDEV has been run)

Disadvantages

  • no ATI query

Modem Init Strings