Hello. Just installed Kubuntu 7.10.

I installed my ADSL modem with instructions found here

http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/Spe...ntu/index.html

Working fine. Somehow it connects at boot, some other time the connection fails and I have to type manually

sudo pppd call speedtch

and it connects.

Fine.

HOW CAN I DISCONNECT?

KNetDockApp just monitors the traffic, but I can't find a way to toggle some command.

KNetworkManager tells me that I don't have any recognizable device (while I am actually online). Actually. if it looks for Net Card it is correct, I have none. OI just have an ADSL USB modem.

On my old Mandriva I had a command like "ifdown ppp0". And here?

Thank you very much.

Please, post the output of ifconfig

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:90.132.82.103 P-t-P:212.151.179.185 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1524 Metric:1
RX packets:1039 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:973 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:959273 (936.7 KB) TX bytes:131503 (128.4 KB)

Hi,

will shut down your PPP connection.
will bring it back up. To do it using a GUI (KDE in your case) install the kppp package, or kppp-kde4 if you have KDE4 (I don't know which KDE version Gutsy comes with).

zeus@zeus-Eddye:~$ sudo /sbin/ifdown ppp0
[sudo] password for zeus:
/sbin/ifdown: interface ppp0 not configured

I swear that at this moment I am online with interface ppp0!

However: I managed to figure out workarounds to the problem. To disconnect I type

sudo killall pppd

A bit brutal, it seems to me, but it works.

To connect again I type

sudo pppd call speedtch

Thanks all the same.