On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Aaron Prohaska wrote:
Why is it that everyone uses wvdial to connect to the net? I would think that by now there should be an easier way to Linux ppp working. This is one thing that has really surprised me.
Aaron
Not everyone does. I use the suseppp included in the 5.3 dist. The real problem is not that ppp is hard to set up, because if you know the correct options it is quite easy. The problem is that most ISP tech support people don't know their own system. They only know how to set it up in Win95. One thing (actuallu two) that often need to be added to ppp options is ipcp-accept-local ipcp accept-remote This tells pppd that it should allow the remote computer to specify what IP number your computer has during this connection and what IP number your gateway has. If your ISP uses dynamic IPs (like most ISPs) this is probably required to get it to work. If you have a static IP, it can't hurt (in my experience). Why these aren't included in the standard suseppp setup is beyond me. The reason many people use wvdial, is that it allows for many different ISP's systems, so that the info for setting up ppp under Win95 will usually be enough to set wvdial up. Regards Ole Kofoed Hansen - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>