Configuiring modem

Socalguy · 11-14-2006, 06:02 PM

How do you configure a serial modem in ZenWalk? How do you connect to the internet? Other distros have "wizards" that make it a snap but I'm at sea with this one. Thanks for any help.

guth · 11-15-2006, 03:58 AM

For the "hardware" install i remember ther is a question about it in install script.

After, you have to use ppp tools (ppp-setup, ...)

you can take a look at :
http://support.zenwalk.org/index.php/topic,870.0.html (howto)

http://support.zenwalk.org/index.php/topic,2956.0.html (x dialer)

http://support.zenwalk.org/index.php/topic,1489.0.html (dial on demand)

Socalguy · 11-16-2006, 05:04 PM

Thanks Guth. I'm going to wipe the Zenwalk partition and reinstall to see what I might have missed. All very simple thanks to Partition Magic. I'll give it another shot, but I'm getting the feeling that I belong in a less elegant but more user friendly distro for a novice like PCLinuxOS or Ubuntu. Best Regards.

DodoTux · 12-29-2006, 07:26 AM

Socalguy, "to learn how to swin, you have to jump into to water".
I also want to learn how to config my modem, bu i have no place to do that but on holidays. And here and now there is no way to connect.
But i have a question too: how does one find out to which number (phone) to call/connect to? And what about username and password?

guth · 12-29-2006, 04:35 PM

it should be on your ISP infos..
how do you connect right now ?
thoses infos are required with every OS (Win, OSX, *n*x, ...)