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Pete wrote:

> Hi,
>     Totally new to Linux and am running Redhat 7.1.
>
> So I'm trying to setup Netcfg for the internet, as well as let others
> machines (W2k Server and W2k Pro) see the machine. I'm using a dialup
> connection.
>
> Now I've ascertained that I should be using the netcfg tool for dialup but
> it appears to be missing the PPP button, but has all the other ones there.
> So what have I done wrong? I let Redhat go for a normal setup and didn't
> change anything (as far as I'm aware).
>
> Should I also be using netcfg to setup Linux to see my W2k server? I let the
> server use DHCP and would like the Linux box to be assigned an IP address
> for the Lan. In the long run I'd like the Linux box allow the server and Pro
> machine access the net through it.
>
> I've checked all over the net but can't figure out why I'm missing the PPP
> choice in netcfg.
>
> Any pointers?
>
> Cheers
>
> Pete
>
> Sorry about cross post but I've been working on this for about 8hrs with no
> luck and would like to make some progress tonight.

what happens when you type pppd as root? Maybe the daemon for ppp isn't
running. Have you tried lsmod and are the ppp and bsd_comp and slhc modules
loaded? What all have you tried so far to troubleshoot ppp?

If you type pppd and get a error then more than likely you need to recompile
your kernel with ppp support (try loading it as a module). If you have done
this and pppd is running ok then run pppsetup.

I believe you will need to run samba and you will probably need to run ipmasq
or ipcahins to hook your LAN to the internet.

stoney