[Subject Prev][Subject Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Subject Index][Thread Index]

Re: [LI] How to setup Internet & email (personal) in GNOME



On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, NEW STAR (Satyajit) wrote: 
 
> please inform how to setup internet connection(dial-up-connection) in
> redhat6.1 GNOME. 

I would have ideally replied , RTM ... anyway.. here goes... and make sure
you read www.pcquest.com - click on "Linux" and read about how to
configure your box to connect to the net etc...  - knowing most people are
too lazy to do that , here is the solution anyway ... ;)

---

$ lynx http://www.freshmeat.net/
search : wvdial
$ wget -c <http://path/wvdial-foo.rpm> 
# rpm -Uvh wvdial*.rpm
$ man wvdial 
# wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf 
# vi /etc/wvdial.conf 

[ Remove the ; in front of the "Phone Number , Username , Password" Fields
and fill-in your values. If you're giving telnet access to others, make
sure you chmod the file to read/write protected. (Or else others can $ cat
/etc/wvdial.conf and get your account for free)  and before you ask how
you're supposed to read-protect files..
...
  $ man chmod
  $ man chown
  and if you _still_ dont understand , RTM so you understand. ]

----
# vi /etc/resolv.conf

make it look like :

search vsnl.net.in
nameserver 202.54.6.35
nameserver 202.54.1.30
---
Now you're all set to browse the net. And if you wanna know how to use
wvdial ... $ man wvdial - do NOT reply asking me how to dial in , or
saying you have a pulse dial line and wvdial auto dials on tone and you
wanna know how to fix that etc etc.... just for you .. $ man wvdial

Consider reading some more HOWTO's etc.
Finally , this is one way of setting up your box ... 
Consider downloading/installing "xisp" from freshmeat for an x-based
dialer.[ Never used it , but supposed to be easy. ]

RH 6.1 AFAIK comes with "RedHat PPP Dialer" or something... feel free to
experiment/try out all these... 

G'Luck.

-Ravi.

---
ravikant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

--------------------------------------------------------------------
The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available.  Please search
the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question
to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.