[H-GEN] Configuring Linux for Bigpond

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Robert Brockway <robert at timetraveller.org> wrote:

>Hi Peter.  What sort of connection are you trying to setup?  Bigpond is a
>board brandname that covers cable, adsl & dialup moden connections.

It is just a dialup connection.

>For cable, look at the tool bpalogin.
>
>For adsl, look at rp-pppoe.
>
>For modem, we'd need to look at the specific problems you're seeing.  As
>for authentication, I think Telstra would use chap.  You can configure
>pppd to try both chap & pap & put the authentication info in the right
>spot to try both.
>
>Cheers,
>    -Rob

I did some more digging and I probably should have thought of it earlier but does Linux support my modem?  It is a Conexant HSF V92 56K PCI Modem.  I found http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/modems.html which says that there is a good chance that it is a "winmodem".  Can anyone confirm or reject this as being the problem?

Thanks,
Peter.

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