How do I dial-up?

[J-Yo]

I am embarrassed to say this, but I do not know how to make my modem dial up so I can get on the internet! I think I have the modem set up properly, but that's all I have done. I have the Red Hat 8 distribution, and I use KDE (I think... I s'pose I should know that! lol).


J-Yo

[scinerd]

kppp is a gui which will help you setup your dail up.

[irlandes]

I am assuming when you say you have your modem set up, that it is not a winmodem, or you have obtained and installed the driver if it is a winmodem. (with a laptop, I always use the built-in winmodem.)

I think there is on this URL an HOW-TO on setting up KPPP for earthlink.net. For other services, it will be similar if the connection is the same type.

There is a problem that some services require something other than your user i.d. in the KPPP user i.d. box. For example, earthlink.net requires the entire e-mail address, including domain.

Attglobal.net requires the account type BEFORE the complete email address.

For both services mentioned, it is not necessary to fill in all the DNS etc. numbers. Default or automatic is all that is needed. I cannot speak for other services, except Tutopia Plus in Mexico City, which is the same.

[J-Yo]

By saying I have my modem set up, I meant that I set up the username, password, phone#, domain name, etc. using that KPPP thang; I just don't know how to actually make the modem dial the number.

To give an illustration, under Windows I would go to My Computer, then Dial-Up Networking, then the appropriate icon within (MSN in my case). Then I just click Connect (or whatever that button says). Another option would be to use the software provided by the isp.

My question is how do I do this in Linux? Once everything is set up, how do I make the modem dial? Thanks for your help.

[mdwatts]

If you are using Kppp, then checkout the JL Help File as it tells you how to connect.

http://justlinux.com/nhf/Modems/Getting_Connected_to_the_Internet_with_KPPP.html

[Nabin Limbu]

If you have already made setting then 'connect' is only the button that you need to make dialup connection. If you mean to say that kppp can't dial the connection then probably your modem is not being recongnised. In order to confirm this, click query modem in modem tab of kppp. If you are getting response then the modem is ok else bad luck. Browse net and search the driver for your modem if (luckily) any one has uploaded.

[l01yuk]

If you have tried clicking 'connect' and it doesn't work make sure that the correct device is selected as modem.

Secondly, bring up kppp and a terminal window. Log as root in the terminal window and:

tail -f /var/log/syslog (or wherever your syslog is)

then click connect on kppp and see if this shows any problems in syslog.

Common problems can be that you are not allowed to access the device /dev/ttyS0 or whatever, to change this

$ ls -l /dev/ttyS0
crw-r----- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Jul 12 13:32 /dev/ttyS0
^^^^^^^^^

The group here is dialout and if you type

$ id
uid=1000(user1) gid=1000(user1) groups=1000(user1),20(dialout),24(cdrom),29(audio)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

you will see that I am a member of the dialout group.

To add youself to this group su to root in a terminal
open the /etc/group file
find the line that says dialout:x:20: or something similar and add your user-name to the end of the line to get something like dialout:x:20:user1.

You may need to do the same with /usr/sbin/pppd.

NOTE: After adding yourself to groups you will have to log out and back in (don't reboot your box, just log out and back in).