[hblug] RE: making a dialup connection

Thu Feb 1 17:57:01 NZDT 2007

Have just sorted my ubuntu out on a laptop with a winmodem.
Is yours a hardware or a winmodem? You may have to install drivers as I did,
works sweet now.

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Today's Topics:

   1. Making a dialup connection (chris morris)
   2. Re: Making a dialup connection (daniel at dannz.net.nz)
   3. Re: Making a dialup connection (chris morris)
   4. Re: Making a dialup connection (Daniel Faulknor)
   5. Re: Making a dialup connection (chris morris)
   6. Re: Making a dialup connection (Daniel Faulknor)
   7. Re: Making a dialup connection (chris morris)
   8. Re: Making a dialup connection (Daniel Faulknor)
   9. Re: Making a dialup connection (chris morris)
  10. Re: Making a dialup connection (Daniel Faulknor)
  11. Re: Making a dialup connection (John Rye)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:30:09 +1300
From: chris morris <racepics at paradise.net.nz>
Subject: [hblug] Making a dialup connection
To: Hawke's Bay Linux User Group <hblug at linux.net.nz>
Message-ID: <45C02961.4070203 at paradise.net.nz>
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Does anyone know how to create a dialup connection on U/K/Xbuntu?
Xbuntu can see the modem and I've configured the ph-#/login/password etc 
but how does one actually get the thing to produce a dialer on screen so 
I can hit the connect button?

Chris

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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:34:37 +1300 (NZDT)
From: daniel at dannz.net.nz
Subject: Re: [hblug] Making a dialup connection
To: "Hawke's Bay Linux User Group" <hblug at linux.net.nz>
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ok, 3rd time lucky (bl00dy webmail)

how did you configure it? with ppp or the ubuntu network config dialog?
Daniel

On Wed, January 31, 2007 6:30 pm, chris morris wrote:
> Does anyone know how to create a dialup connection on U/K/Xbuntu?
> Xbuntu can see the modem and I've configured the ph-#/login/password etc
> but how does one actually get the thing to produce a dialer on screen so
> I can hit the connect button?
>
> Chris

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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:51:58 +1300
From: chris morris <racepics at paradise.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [hblug] Making a dialup connection
To: Hawke's Bay Linux User Group <hblug at linux.net.nz>
Message-ID: <45C03C8E.10608 at paradise.net.nz>
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configured it with the ubuntu network config dialog.
not sure if I should choose /dev/modem or dev/ttyS0 /1 /2 /3 etc.

chris.
 **

daniel at dannz.net.nz wrote:
> ok, 3rd time lucky (bl00dy webmail)
>
> how did you configure it? with ppp or the ubuntu network config dialog?
> Daniel
>
> On Wed, January 31, 2007 6:30 pm, chris morris wrote:
>   
>> Does anyone know how to create a dialup connection on U/K/Xbuntu?
>> Xbuntu can see the modem and I've configured the ph-#/login/password etc
>> but how does one actually get the thing to produce a dialer on screen so
>> I can hit the connect button?
>>
>> Chris
>>     
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:46:30 +1300 (NZDT)
From: "Daniel Faulknor" <daniel at dannz.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [hblug] Making a dialup connection
To: "Hawke's Bay Linux User Group" <hblug at linux.net.nz>
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/dev/modem _should_ work, else /dev/ttyS0 for com1, /dev/ttyS1 for com2
etc, but i guess you already know those.

and you can connect from the same network config dialog.

On Wed, January 31, 2007 7:51 pm, chris morris wrote:
> configured it with the ubuntu network config dialog.
> not sure if I should choose /dev/modem or dev/ttyS0 /1 /2 /3 etc.
>

---
Daniel Faulknor
http://blog.danielandgemma.com

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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:00:36 +1300
From: chris morris <racepics at paradise.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [hblug] Making a dialup connection
To: Hawke's Bay Linux User Group <hblug at linux.net.nz>
Message-ID: <45C05AB4.6080608 at paradise.net.nz>
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Daniel Faulknor wrote:
> /dev/modem _should_ work, else /dev/ttyS0 for com1, /dev/ttyS1 for com2
> etc, but i guess you already know those.
>
> and you can connect from the same network config dialog.

The xbuntu network config dialog doesn't have any way to actually 
"connect" that I can see.
Maybe its different from the Ubuntu one.

chris

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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:20:10 +1300 (NZDT)
From: "Daniel Faulknor" <daniel at dannz.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [hblug] Making a dialup connection
To: "Hawke's Bay Linux User Group" <hblug at linux.net.nz>
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Its back on the first page, theres activate connection, or something like
that (the first page, where its showing all the possible connections.

> The xbuntu network config dialog doesn't have any way to actually
> "connect" that I can see.
> Maybe its different from the Ubuntu one.
>
> chris
>

P.S can we stick with either top or bottom posting please? :P
-- 
Daniel Faulknor
http://blog.danielandgemma.com

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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:31:07 +1300
From: chris morris <racepics at paradise.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [hblug] Making a dialup connection
To: Hawke's Bay Linux User Group <hblug at linux.net.nz>
Message-ID: <45C061DB.2090204 at paradise.net.nz>
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Ok maybe its different from Ubuntu then.
Applications>system>networking gives available connections ( in my case 
just the modem ) tick that and go to Properties - setup 
phone-number/login/password and tick "enable this connection" and close 
the properties dialog.
The modem is now ticked and enabled but no way to make it do anything..

Maybe something else needs to be installed?

chris.

Daniel Faulknor wrote:
> Its back on the first page, theres activate connection, or something like
> that (the first page, where its showing all the possible connections.
>
>   
>> The xbuntu network config dialog doesn't have any way to actually
>> "connect" that I can see.
>> Maybe its different from the Ubuntu one.
>>
>> chris
>>
>>     
>
> P.S can we stick with either top or bottom posting please? :P
>   

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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:43:18 +1300 (NZDT)
From: "Daniel Faulknor" <daniel at dannz.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [hblug] Making a dialup connection
To: "Hawke's Bay Linux User Group" <hblug at linux.net.nz>
Message-ID: <1996.192.168.24.192.1170236598.squirrel at 192.168.24.2>
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pppon may do it (from a console) or install wvdial (its command line but
works)

On Wed, January 31, 2007 10:31 pm, chris morris wrote:
> Ok maybe its different from Ubuntu then.
> Applications>system>networking gives available connections ( in my case
> just the modem ) tick that and go to Properties - setup
> phone-number/login/password and tick "enable this connection" and close
> the properties dialog.
> The modem is now ticked and enabled but no way to make it do anything..
>
> Maybe something else needs to be installed?
>
---
Daniel Faulknor
http://blog.danielandgemma.com

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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:13:01 +1300
From: chris morris <racepics at paradise.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [hblug] Making a dialup connection
To: Hawke's Bay Linux User Group <hblug at linux.net.nz>
Message-ID: <45C06BAD.40502 at paradise.net.nz>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

pppon gives "no such file or directory" as does sudo pppon
wvdial gives "cannot open /dev/modem: no such file or directory."
sudo wvdial gives the same.
If I change the modem settings to /dev/ttyS1 /S2 /S3 etc, wvdial still 
tries to open /dev/modem

maybe the modem is stuffed - I'll try another one tomorrow.

chris.

Daniel Faulknor wrote:
> pppon may do it (from a console) or install wvdial (its command line but
> works)
>
> On Wed, January 31, 2007 10:31 pm, chris morris wrote:
>   
>> Ok maybe its different from Ubuntu then.
>> Applications>system>networking gives available connections ( in my case
>> just the modem ) tick that and go to Properties - setup
>> phone-number/login/password and tick "enable this connection" and close
>> the properties dialog.
>> The modem is now ticked and enabled but no way to make it do anything..
>>
>> Maybe something else needs to be installed?
>>
>>     
> ---
> Daniel Faulknor
> http://blog.danielandgemma.com
>
>
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:38:59 +1300 (NZDT)
From: "Daniel Faulknor" <daniel at dannz.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [hblug] Making a dialup connection
To: "Hawke's Bay Linux User Group" <hblug at linux.net.nz>
Message-ID: <1142.192.168.24.192.1170272339.squirrel at 192.168.24.2>
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1

wvdial config is in /etc/wvdial.conf, its not part of the ubuntu thing.
On Wed, January 31, 2007 11:13 pm, chris morris wrote:
> pppon gives "no such file or directory" as does sudo pppon
> wvdial gives "cannot open /dev/modem: no such file or directory."
> sudo wvdial gives the same.
> If I change the modem settings to /dev/ttyS1 /S2 /S3 etc, wvdial still
> tries to open /dev/modem
>
> maybe the modem is stuffed - I'll try another one tomorrow.
>
> chris.
>
-- 
Daniel Faulknor
http://blog.danielandgemma.com

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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:34:26 +1300
From: John Rye <jrt746 at clear.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [hblug] Making a dialup connection
To: Hawke's Bay Linux User Group <hblug at linux.net.nz>
Message-ID: <20070201113426.bef06878.jrt746 at clear.net.nz>
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On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:13:01 +1300
chris morris <racepics at paradise.net.nz> wrote:

> pppon gives "no such file or directory" as does sudo pppon
> wvdial gives "cannot open /dev/modem: no such file or directory."
> sudo wvdial gives the same.
> If I change the modem settings to /dev/ttyS1 /S2 /S3 etc, wvdial still 
> tries to open /dev/modem
> 
> maybe the modem is stuffed - I'll try another one tomorrow.
> 

Did you run 'sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf'  ??

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