Keri wrote:
Yeah. I'm confused.
There ae two icons on the desktop here.
On for conencting and onforon/off.
I have no idea where this fits in and
if I have to configure the ppp in -term?
The books I _do_ have unfortunately
aren't tackling the problem as it seems
there are so many different set ups.
It doesn't seem to dwell much on configuration
for my specific set up.
Keri
As Joost says,
This explains a lot. Normally in linux, commands are typed in a text
window or on the text console. Probably, pppconfig should not be in
the graphical menu, it is only confusing indeed.
It doesn't matter where you configure ppp from (X, or a Virtual
Console); once configured, it's configured.
Basic steps:
1) Get to a text VC (Ctrl-Alt-F1 or Ctrl-Alt-F2 should do it from within X)
2) Log in as root
3) Run pppconfig; select "Add new connection"; answer questions; select
"Write config files" and exit
4) To start a ppp session, type "pon". You can type "plog" to see a log
of things happening. Repeat "plog" until you see that you've been
assigned an IP number.
5) Test basic functionality; run "ping
<some_internet_address_by_name_such_as_www.debian.org>"; if you get
replies, you're good to go and can use Netscape, etc. If you don't get
replies, try "ping <some_address_by_number>"; if you now get replies,
you've got a DNS problem (probably wrong /etc/resolv.conf). If you don't
get replies, back to square one.
6) To shut down your ppp connection, type "poff".
7) Once everything works and you're getting comfortable, you can replace
step 4 and 6 with a graphical ppp client, such as kppp or xisp.
Kent
