[CLUE-Tech] using Earthlink with Linux

[matthew.w.mcillece at lmco.com]

Are you talking about the "kppp" entry under the "Internet" entry of the KDE menu?  That seems to be easy enough to use.  In fact my friend was actually able to enter his login ID and password into the kppp window and dial up one of his local Earthlink numbers with it last night.  He says he heard the dialtone and the modem dialing and the squawking of the connection negotiating, but then he thought he heard a recorded voice playing.  I had him check the number and try it again and he got the same result.  I couldn't hear it for myself because he only has one phone line.  I tried the number from my house and a modem answered as expected, but it wasn't followed by a voice.  So he's stuck for now.  I may have to get my own modem and try it myself.  (Actually I already have a modem, but it's in the computer he's using which is in another state!)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dave Price [SMTP:davep at support-one.com]
> Sent:	Monday, December 11, 2000 2:47 PM
> To:	clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
> Subject:	Re: [CLUE-Tech] using Earthlink with Linux
> 
> 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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