[Gllug] Can't connect to the Internet.

[Dermot Moynihan]

At 18:45 28/10/02, you wrote:
>On Monday 28 Oct 2002 4:26 pm, Dermot Moynihan wrote:
> > >Dermot Moynihan(dermoyn at onetel.net.uk)@Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 03:21:10PM
>+0000:
> > > > I bought my first ever Linux OS Saturday: SUSE 8.1 Pro. Well, after
> > > > spending all day yesterday trying to get my external modem, which it
> > > > has recognised, and which appears to work, to dial my ISP's number and
> > > > get me access to the Internet, and failing dismally, I'm at my wits
> > > > end. The modem does work - I have Mandrake on another H/D and I checked
> > > > it there and I was able to get on the Internet no problem.
> > > > Don't assume from the last sentence that I know much about Linux. My
> > > > knowledge would fit on the head of a pin. And a sharp one at that.
> > > > I'm trying to get away from Gates but alas, the road is all up hill. I
> > > > may have to invest in a pair of stout boots. They weren't included with
> > > > the package.
> > >
>...
>
>Dermot,
>
>Firstly, which dial up method are you using,  KPPP or something else ?

Is that what that Kinternet thing is?

>Secondly, is there an internal PCI winmodem still in the box ?

I don't know if it's a winmodem. It's a Topic something or other. A 2nd 
hand job. Both Linuxes (Mandrake and Suse) certainly want nothing to do 
with it. It had a bit of paper with it that told how to use it with Linux. 
It did not work!


>The reason I ask is that sometimes the dial up daemon can get hooked up to 
>the
>wrong modem.  The kppp utility will tell you which device is being used and
>give you the chance to try the other comms ports.

How can I get to this kppp thing?
By the way, I can now get the external modem to screech and wail, having 
changed the /etc/wvdial.conf file and then hitting wvdial. Unfortunately 
that's all that happens.

>You might have a look at
>the hardware listings as shown in KDE's control panel to see if the modem is
>detected and move on from there.

I've done that and it seems to be okay.
Thanks Andrew
Dermot.


>Good luck
>
>Andrew
>
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