Thanks to all who helped. Once I knew there was a chatscript and associated thingies, it worked swimmingly.
************************************ * Robert Kerr * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * http://www.et.byu.edu/~kerrr * * Adam fell that men might be, * * and men are that they might * * have joy. 2 Nephi 2:25 * ************************************ On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > Robert Kerr writes: > > I got my system to where it will boot up into Debian 1.3 and I > > can even run dselect. I want to be able to use dpkg-ftp, but I have to > > set up my internet connection before I can do that, right? I've looked > > through the FAQ and the installation guide, but couldn't find anything > > there to help me with this. Could someone point me in the right > > direction or send a short walk-through on how to get my connection set up > > so I can at least run dselect and get things working? > > There is a ppp options file and a chatscript in /etc/ that you have to > edit. After that, you can type `pon', and it should connect, provided > you enter the right info during network configuration. > > Pretty much all you have to do is set your phone number and password, > and the right ttySx line for your modem. > > -- > Karl M. Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg > Portland, OR USA > Debian GNU 1.3 Linux 2.1.36 AMD K5 PR-133 > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
