Difference between revisions of "Dialup configuration"
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*Very flaky, fails to work at reasonable speed on good modems | *Very flaky, fails to work at reasonable speed on good modems | ||
*buggy | *buggy | ||
| + | == gnome-ppp == | ||
| + | ===Advantages=== | ||
| + | *Graphical interface | ||
| + | *Easy to configure, defaults mostly good | ||
| + | *Excellent logging, easy to tell when and how failure happens | ||
| + | ===Disadvantages=== | ||
| + | *no ATI query | ||
[[Category:Tech support]] | [[Category:Tech support]] | ||
Revision as of 22:48, 14 October 2005
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
Disadvantages
- no ATI query