Comment 2 for bug 389792

Lightbreeze wrote:
> Could you give clear steps for how you configure dialup at the moment,
> and what could be improved, thanks!
>
>

Currently I am on DSL for the first time in my life (I am 57). My main
OS is Hardy and to configure it I;

in terminal sudo pppconfig

fill it out and save

Click on the Network Manger applet

Click on manual configuration

fill all that out and save it.

Then it works.

I also had Intrepid online dialup. I had 3 installations of it and
could not ever get 2 of them to work. The other worked fine with just
running wvdial from terminal. I never could figure out why it worked
when the others did not.

Other OSs that are easier to configure are Mandriva and PClinuxOS. They
both use the samd config process during the installation process. Three
or four lines to fill out and you are done. Most KDE distros are easy
to configure but I can't stand using them because I am not KDE
compatable (too much like the MS experience).

I am using an internal USR5610c modem for dial up. It was never really
recognized by Ubuntu. The network manager would always say there was no
connection while I was up/down loading something. I knew where it was
only because I had Vista when I installed the modem (had a connexant
winmodem when we bought it - what a piece of crap). It is on ttyS0 but
it is not detected there ever. It is recognized by lspci.

I realize that an external modem is better for Ubuntu. I have too many
peripherals already in very cramped space. And I like USR internals.