[hblug] Making a dialup connection

[John Rye]

On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:30:26 +1300
Rose McGillicuddy <rmcgill at orcon.net.nz> wrote:

> John Rye wrote:
> > On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:17:25 +1300
> > chris morris <racepics at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> > 
> >> I had a look at /etc/wvdial.conf and manually put the 
> >> phone-number/login/password into it.
> >> There is no section in there for /dev/modem or /dev/anything else.
> >>
> >> Same errors occur so gave up  - will install something else.
> > 
> > Please run 'sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf' and post the screen
> > output here.
> > 
> > Installing 'somethingelse' is likely to cause even more confusion :-)
> >
> I am going to try xubuntu to see if it suits my sister - if dial up is 
> an issue maybe I should leave it alone?  Or do you think it's solvable John?

Dial-up is reliant on the modem itself so I'm sure it's solvable. I
haven't played with any of the (?)buntus for a while now but I don't
recall having any problems with dial-up with my external modem.

If your sister's machine is using an external modem then I can't see
that you'll hace any hassles :-)

John