[H-GEN] Getting on the internet ?

[Sarah Hollings]

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Christopher Biggs wrote:
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> I wrote:
> 
>>>From the detailed description you provided of both the problem and
>>your hardware, I can assure you that it couldn't possibly be your fault.
>>
>>Nobody else has EVER managed to get ANY of those six operating systems
>>you listed to connect to the internet before either.  Goddess knows
>>what the authors were thinking, releasing them in such an unfinished
>>state.
> 
> 
> OK, so enough kicking you while you're down...
> 
> Rodney <rodney at eis.net.au> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I use a NetCom Roadster 56 externel modem and put the same details
>>into each distro ie isp phone number ,username, password and sometimes
>>dns numbers if needed.

A common cause of this sort of problem IIRC is that /etc/ppp/options 
contains the auth option.  If this is the case simply put a # comment 
character in front and try again.

If you're uncertain about editing /etc/ppp/options, you'll need an 
editor that you understand, running as the root user (as your normal 
I'm-surfing-the-internet user rightly won't have access).

Try nedit, or kedit, or xedit, or kate....  You can probably in a shell 
window from your normal user account, type:

    su -c 'nedit /etc/ppp/options'

and then do as above.  (If you don't have nedit try the other editors 
suggested).

If this isnt the problem then you'll have to begin doing the thing that 
makes Linux fun - reading logs!




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