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Newbie's Linux Manual |
Setting-up an Internet Connection |
by Laurence Hunter |
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Hook me up please... |
![]() - 1 - Logged-in to your guest account, enter: startx ...to start X. - 2 - Open a terminal and enter: su -c "control-panel" ...followed by the root password when prompted. - 3 - In the control-panel select the "Network Configuration" button to bring up the "Network Configurator" window. - 4 - In the "Nameservers" box, enter your ISP's Primary DNS IP address e.g. 194.126.82.5. If you don't know yours then ask your ISP. - 5 - Select the "Interfaces" button and then select the "Add" button to open the "Choose Interface Type" window. - 6 - It's very likely that you'll be using the default of "PPP", so unless you know otherwise, just press "OK" to bring up the "Create PPP Interface" window. - 7 - In the "Create PPP Interface" window, enter the dial-up phone number, your PPP login name and your PPP password. |
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A few ISPs use an encrypted form of password transmission called PAP (Password Authentication Protocol). If yours is one of these, select "Use PAP authentication". - 8 - Select the "Customize" button to bring up an "Edit PPP Interface" window. - 9 - Select "Allow any user to (de)activate interface" to allow users other than root to connect and disconnect from the Internet. |
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A red indented box next to an option, indicates that the option is on. A grey box indicates that the option is off. - 10 - Select the "Networking" button, and switch off "Restart PPP when connection fails". It's extremely frustrating when you disconnect and it keeps reconnecting! - 11 - Finish by selecting the "Done" button, then select the "Save" button in the new window that appears. - 12 - Back in the "Network Configurator" window, select the "Save" button and then the "Quit" button. - 13 - At the control-panel again, select "Modem Configuration", select the device your modem is attached to, and finish by selecting the "Ok" button. - 14 - Finally, close the control-panel to terminate the su -c "control-panel" command you entered way back at step 2, thus returning you from the root account, back to the guest account. |
Dialing Up |
- 1 - Either enter: usernet ...in an X terminal window, or select "AnotherLevel menus" > "Networking" > "Usernet". - 2 - Select the "ppp0" button to connect, and then again when you wish to disconnect. |
I Still Can't Get on the Net! |
ISPs all require different details to dial-up. I use Global which is a big ISP here in Britain. A lot of people have e-mailed me telling me this guide doesn't get them on the Net. If you are one of those poor souls, then all I can say is that hopefully this guide has steered you in the right direction and that hopefully a phone-call or e-mail to your ISP will fill in the missing blanks. |
The Dreaded WinModem |
Unfortunately, some internal modems require a rather large driver called Windows! They are referred to as WinModems and companies that produce them to save a few cents, are crooks... allegedly. :) One notable example is the US Robotics WinModem series. If you have a WinModem you're not getting on the Net, simple as that. Although I've heard that the 2.4.x kernel will provide support for WinModems. (To what extent, I don't know.) |
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