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'man pppd'
It's all there - just pretty horrible to read through.
If you look in /etc/ppp/ you should have an 'options' file which are the global options.
In /etc/ppp/peers you should have various other files with information specific to connecting to a variety of ISPs. Any options in here will also override what's in 'options'.
If you configure pppd for 'on demand' and 'persistent', then ensure that pppd is run on boot, your internet connection can magically go up and down on its own.
The various dialling tools all use this; they all execute pppd with something like "pppd call myisp".
The configuration script "pppconfig" is very sensible, but since Gnome has already set up, you may as well find out if Gnome created a file in 'peers' or if its doing something silly like storing that information elsewhere, in which case you're better off running 'pppconfig'.
Once you have set up the dialup scripts properly and can invoke 'pon myisp' and 'poff', then look into starting pppd on boot (if you want on-demand dialling).
One trap to look out for (and pppconfig handles this properly) is that the 'options' file usually has the line:
auth
Since most ISPs will not authenticate themselves at your request, it's safest to set that line to 'noauth' instead.
Last edited by pinniped; 06-03-2008 at 12:37 AM.
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