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I want to be able to connect to the internet before i start x . I read some ppp howto but it's just too complicated for me , so I have four quickie questions :
- Is it less safer to browse the web on text mode (or the contrary?)
- Minicom is not safe ? what programs "are" ?
- Who surfs the web in text mode only ? why ?
- How can i setup this ? do i really need to know my DNS ?
I don't know why you think it's unsafe to browse the web in X. As long as your not logged in as root it's not unsafe. In text mode there is a great lack of support for just about everything to do with browsing.
what's wrong with minicom?
if you setup ppp with the scripts it uses to establish a connection you can start it on the command line using pppd.
Some distros are different, but if you have ppp-on then it should do it once ppp-setup has configured the pppscript and options files
thank you . I'll look into it . I have enough information to begin searching . I read the thread and i was wondering , can i use the same scripts you posted ?
etc/ppp/options.demand
/etc/ppp/pppscript
and I have the pap-secrets file with the user and password
that's all I need for it to work
etc/ppp/options.demand
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where is the pap-secrets file , should i create one ?
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