Re: Help with dial-up networking

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From: Cameron Ratcliffe
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 00:00

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I reccoment a program called wvdial.
Lab_rat

Steve wrote:

> I'm having troubles with setting up my machine to use dialup networking
> under Xwindows.  I have redhat 5.2, in a dual-boot config with windows 95.
>
> Anyway, firstly, I don't know if Linux can see my modem.  It's an internal
> PCI Swannsmart modem (Plug & Prey).  It works under Windows.  The only place
> where I have found a 'connect' button is under the linuxconf program.  But
> when I press it, I hear the hard drive working, but nothing happens
> onscreen, and the modem does not access the phone line.
>
> I am new to Linux, so any help would be appreciated.



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