[CLUE-Tech] using Earthlink with Linux

[Dave Price]

If he is using redhat, they have a nice dialup config applet that will let 
him bypass the minicom part altogether. ... Then he can just use redhat's 
control panel in X to start and stop a ppp session.

Otherwise, the 'chat' program does this well to.  then he can built a 
simple executable script to start and stop the ppp session (with any distro)

Minicom is great for testing the connect, and seeing what the remote end 
sends and expects when bringing up a session, but a script is much nicer 
for day-to-day use.   The chat docs include a nice sample to start with.

hope this helps

aloha,

dave price - davep at support-one.com - 303-378-9053


At 01:44 PM 12/11/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>I've got a friend who has been using Linux for about 2 months.  He had no 
>prior computer experience before.  He has signed up with Earthlink for a 
>dial-up account, but all the info they sent him is for Windows/Mac (except 
>for his username and password).  He has asked them how to use their 
>service with Linux and they have told him that he can't use it with Linux, 
>or they don't support Linux, or something like that.  I know others have 
>used Earthlink with Linux and so I am wondering if there is any special 
>info he needs to do the same.  He already has a working 56K modem (I 
>tested it myself using minicom) and a full install of a recent KRUD.  Can 
>he just use minicom to dial up one of the Earthlink numbers, type in his 
>username and password, and start up a ppp session?  Or does Earthlink 
>require more or something different?  (I'd try it myself but I don't have 
>a dial-up modem that will work in my Linux box and his modem is in another 
>state.)
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