[CLUE-Tech] Re: Getting There With FC2

[Angelo Bertolli]

Well, if you want something that's pretty quick and easy to use, wvdial 
has always been good for me.  It's a commandline utility if that's ok.  
It will automatically detect and set up some default modem settings, and 
wvdial.conf is really easy to modify.  Then to go online, you'll have to 
just start wvdial from the commandline.


Angelo

>The two major things which aren't working are my lan connection (eth0) and
>dialup. Well, I can get dialup via kppp, but don't want to use it, as it
>doesn't play nice with fvwm, and I don't need a dialer that drags in 4 or
>5 kde components just to get ppp running. I can also talk to the modem
>just fine with minicom. What doesn't work, and what I really want to get
>running, is the chat script that I've been using in flavors of RH since
>5.1. All indications are that when chat is invoked by pppd, it sends
>things to the modem OK, but doesn't receive anything back. I had the same
>problem with SuSE 9.1, so I think this argues for a subtle change in
>either pppd or chat, since RH8 (where it still works fine). Running the
>chat script standalone (i.e. against stdin instead of the modem device)
>indicates it's functioning. I need to increase debug levels even more than
>I already have, but other than that, I'm stumped.
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