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OT: Fred, looking for linux distros with strong dialup support without extensive configuring confusing me. have amd 3600+ type cpu with intel536ep pci modem. ubuntu has baffled me. was reccomennded post here by net-friend guenter. please feel free to move. best regards zeronero
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/06/2007 01:23PM by guenter.
Sorry: Zeronero and Fred; I had to move Your posts here somehow,
& greetings - guenter
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/06/2007 01:37PM by guenter.
Hi Zeronero,
Mepis 6.5 should be able to use KPPP (out of the box) for dial-up with your modem. But you will have to install the right driver to a hard disk installation of Mepis. It's not really a difficult job, and you can follow my (Farcry's) instructions in these threads:
1) http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6481&highlight=536ep
2) http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?p=45708#post45708
Hope this helps.
Thankyou. am in middle confusing driver configuration process with Ubuntu. Confusing part is all of it - when following tutorial without understanding why & finding way around broken wizards or needing net connection to apt-get wvdial, &c.
Hope driver is precompiled for volks like me whom fell off turnip wagon.
Again thanks ZN
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Linux distros with dial up support
Posted by:
zeronero
Date: July 05, 2007 07:56PM
OT: Fred, looking for linux distros with strong dialup support without extensive configuring confusing me. have amd 3600+ type cpu with intel536ep pci modem. ubuntu has baffled me. was reccomennded post here by net-friend guenter. please feel free to move. best regards zeronero
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/06/2007 01:23PM by guenter.
Linux distros with dial up support
Posted by:
guenter
Date: July 06, 2007 01:23PM
Quote
Fred
geschrieben von: Fred (187.161.76.83.cust.bluewin.ch)
Datum: 06. Juli 2007 02:01
I have no experience with dial up modems. They often used to have problems because of missing
Linux drivers, while netcard ethernet connections using DHCP almost always work out of the box.
Ubuntu may have improved support for dial up because of its growing popularity and its
finances in the background, but I cannot check that , because I only use DHCP at the moment.
Regards
Fred
Quote
Zeronero
geschrieben von: zeronero (ip-216-178-51-151.nw-tel.com)
Datum: 06. Juli 2007 03:47
Thanks anyway. Ubuntu requires configuration, which confuses. Regards ZN
Sorry: Zeronero and Fred; I had to move Your posts here somehow,
& greetings - guenter
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/06/2007 01:37PM by guenter.
Re: Linux distros with dial up support
Posted by:
Douglas
Date: July 06, 2007 02:53PM
Hi Zeronero,
Mepis 6.5 should be able to use KPPP (out of the box) for dial-up with your modem. But you will have to install the right driver to a hard disk installation of Mepis. It's not really a difficult job, and you can follow my (Farcry's) instructions in these threads:
1) http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6481&highlight=536ep
2) http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?p=45708#post45708
Hope this helps.
Re: Linux distros with dial up support
Posted by:
zeronero
Date: July 06, 2007 07:26PM
Thankyou. am in middle confusing driver configuration process with Ubuntu. Confusing part is all of it - when following tutorial without understanding why & finding way around broken wizards or needing net connection to apt-get wvdial, &c.
Hope driver is precompiled for volks like me whom fell off turnip wagon.
Again thanks ZN
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