Hi,

I am trying to get the dial up to work on SUSE 10.1. I run it andd I get the following error message:

Kinternet connection to local and remote server refused. Maybe smpppd not running or not a member of group 'dial out'.

This was after I specifically got smpppd up and running. I also had a look at the man pages and tried to configure smpppd.conf as the man pages suggested but still no luck.

The person I am trying to do this wants to swap windows for linux.

Any help gratefully received.

Mat

I was getting this message when my winmodem was not working. I was then unaware of the problems winmodems cause in linux so I thought that like every other hardware it would have detected autmotatically, which wasnt the case surely. You see if this is the case with you too..

It was the case that we had to input the information about the model manually, we looked at the man pages for kinternet and smpppd and configured the files according to the instructions but still no dice. I went to www.linuxant.com to get the right driver for the kernel version but still no luck. I don't know HOW to get linux to recognise a winmodem. All attempts so far have failed.

Any help appreciated.

Regards

Mat

Have you checked with Yast / User administration if the user account is member of dialout? If not, add it. Not a bad idea to check your firewall settings as well.
On the hardware side: the question has not been answered if you are in fact using a winmodem. If you are, buy a proper modem. In the days before I had a DSL connection, this was the end of all my woes with configuring a dialup connection.

I was able to find out a driver suitable to my modem from Linuxant which really made things working. I was able to log on to the internet and browse. But that ends here. I dont know if this is the problem with my modem drivers or what, but now when I log on to the internet, I am not able to browse anything and I am still trying to figure the problem...

Anyway, if you havent done yet, visit www.linmodmes.org I think they have instructions to use a script scanmodem (or just search for this on google). It comes with readme files so you can understand how to make use of its output anyway. See what information it tells you about your model no. and then use that model no. to search a driver for it on google. Thats what I did...

So I think that from this (as I looked for the correct driver for the kernel number) paid for the full version and still NOTHING!!!! I will safely assume that Linux cannot use dial up no matter WHAT it claims. I have also looked for the dialout group and there it no such thing on SUSE 10.1

Thank you for your help, I will recommend windows for internet.

There is most certainly, the proof is right here in front of my nose: my user account is a member.
Leaving command line style of administration aside, go to Yast Control Center> Yast > User and Group Administration, and you should see at least one account, your user account, made during installation. If you choose Edit (bottom left) there will appear another screen with on your right a list with a host of groups to which you can attach your user account.

However, when you create your first user account under SUSE, it is assigned to the groups video, audio and dialout by default, so I am a bit puzzled.

matuk___444; I am writting this with SuSE 10.1 on a dial-up account. That is what I have been using for many years is dial-up. Did you enable IPP protocols for your firewall such as PPP or email, etc...?

If you use your YAST you will find different catagories, go to security and check your firewall. You will need DHCP Client so an address can be assigned, IPP client so you can browse and email.

I hope this helps, if not I hope someone else can. I use linux for EVERYTHING but some games my son enjoys. It does work !