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

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