how do I use modem for dail up
Forum: Networking
Topic: how do I use modem for dail up
started by: hell_spawn00
Posted by hell_spawn00 on May 08 2005,19:39
I want to use dial up but i dont knwo how to get it working in dsl some one help me... 
Posted by MethodOne on May 08 2005,20:53
I am also having this problem on my Compaq Presario 1200 XL118 laptop with the Lucent 56K V.90 PCI DF modem. I know it's a winmodem, but the drivers at < http://www.heby.de/ltmodem > don't work for me.
Posted by Rapidweather on May 08 2005,20:55
I would think that you might want to get the Wvdial.dsl add on to DSL, andthen once you have that available, look at the Wvdial section in my getting started guide here:
< Getting Started Guide for Rapidweather Remaster of Damn Small Linux. >
There is, however, a built in ppp setup in DSL that you can try, the info on getting it to work for you is in the Dillo getting started that comes up when your DSL CD boots to the desktop.
Posted by MethodOne on May 08 2005,21:27
I tried that, but my modem wasn't detected.
Posted by mikshaw on May 09 2005,03:07
You have to compile the lucent driver specifically for the DSL kernel, in case you haven't tried that yet. This is the one thing that has kept me from getting online with DSL....I've done it in Suse and Slackware, but the idea sounds like a pain in the butt in DSL, since there is little in the way of development tools available.
Posted by algebraist on May 11 2005,20:31
hi all, brand new dsl/linux/unix user here, please bear with me and my numerous questions...just made a dsl 1.1 live cd yesterday, and it boots up nicely (i thought i would be asked for a username/passwd... do i have a default username/passwd? how do i change it? how does that work?)
now i need to dial up and connect to aol... apparently i need to get wvdial? is that right? (another site was talking about penngy... do i need that too?)
how do i get wvdial/penngy onto my dsl workspace? do i go into windows xp, download the file, save it to a floppy, and then access the file from the floppy within dsl? (do dsl/linux and windows recognize the same kinds of disk formats? how to i grab a file from "a:" in dsl/linux? -- i tried fd01 but it didn't seem to work...)
i have aol dialup, on a dell inspiron 8200 1.4GHz laptop, 512MB RAM, with a Xircom modem
eventually, when the wvdial/penngy issue is worked out, when i configure PPP in dsl, do i specify PAP or CHAP or manual? static ins or dynamic?
i apologise in advance for the retarded questions... i have spent about 6 hours doing google searches, but it seems i'm not very good at it... i'm also getting tired of rebooting all the time, to switch between xp (where i try to find out how to get dsl to connect to aol) and dsl (where i still can't get dsl to connect to aol)
cheers
