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what is vicodin ISP-Connectivity-mini-HOWTO Michael Strates, mstrates@croftj.net what is vicodin 2.0.1, 2001-11-28 This document describes how to setup PPP, connec what is vicodin up to your ISP, con figure mail and news, get a permanent IP (if what is vicodin available), get a domain name, and have a bonda fide system runnin what is vicodin in a little over thirty minutes. Archived Document Notice: This what is vicodin ocument has been archived by the LDP because it does not apply to what is vicodin odern Linux systems. It is no longer being actively maintained. _ what is vicodin ___________________________________________________________________ what is vicodin Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 New versions of this d what is vicodin cument 1.2 Feedback 1.3 Standard Disclaimer 1.4 Copyrig what is vicodin t Information 2. Connecting to the Outside World 2.1 Talking a what is vicodin d Communicating with pppd and chat 2.2 IP's, Domain Names and S what is vicodin bnets 3. Electronic Mail on your Linux Box ______________________ what is vicodin _______________________________________________ 1. Introduction what is vicodin he main goal of this document obviously is to make the new user fr what is vicodin endly with the many terms of connecting your Linux PC up to the In what is vicodin ernet, obtaining IP addresses, domain names, and setting things up. what is vicodin This guide is intended for the intermediate user in mind, although what is vicodin intelligent newbies shouldn't have any problems. 1.1. New versio what is vicodin s of this document New versions of this document will be periodica what is vicodin ly posted to comp.os.linux.answers. They will also be added to th what is vicodin various anonymous FTP sites who archive such information, includi what is vicodin g: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO In addition, you sh what is vicodin uld generally be able to find this document on the Linux Documenta what is vicodin ion Project page via: http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/ 1.2. Feedback what is vicodin I certaintly welcome any feedback about this HOWTO, spelling mistak what is vicodin s, how it all worked out, thankyou notes and critisisms. I hope I what is vicodin elped a few people with this HOWTO, and if I did, I'd be really ha what is vicodin py to hear from you. mstrates@croftj.net http://linloft.home.ml. what is vicodin rg/ 1.3. Standard Disclaimer No liability for the contents of th what is vicodin s documents can be accepted. Use the concepts, examples and other what is vicodin content at your own risk. As this is a new edition of this docume what is vicodin t, there may be errors and inaccuracies, that may of course be dam what is vicodin ging to your system. Proceed with caution, and although this is h what is vicodin ghly unlikely, I don't take any responsibility for that. Naturall what is vicodin , there are probably better and easier ways to do things in this d what is vicodin cument. There will always be another way in the Linux World. This what is vicodin s the way I've done things, and that's the way I'll be presenting what is vicodin hem in this HOWTO. 1.4. Copyright Information This document is c what is vicodin pyrighted (c)1997 Michael Strates and distributed under the terms what is vicodin f the GNU Free Documentation License, which can be obtained from h what is vicodin tp://www.fsf.org/licenses/fdl.html. 2. Connecting to the Outside what is vicodin orld In this document, we'll explain how to do this using PPP (Poi what is vicodin t to Point Protocol), a popular protocol nearly always used over t what is vicodin e Internet. It allows your modem to speak to the outside world. Th what is vicodin s is what applications like Trumpet Winsock in Windows 3.x did, an what is vicodin many other programs that you've probably have never seen. In Lin what is vicodin x, we use a thing called chat to do the dialing up to the ISP and what is vicodin hen use a utility called pppd to 'use' the connection. In a sense, what is vicodin chat is your dialer, and pppd is your protocol. We'll describe how to setup both below. 2.1. Talking and Communicating with pppd and chat Probably the easiest way to go about things is to make a shell script in root's home directory called ppp-connect and involke the script whenever you wish to make your connection. We'll discuss this method. Open up your favourite editor as root on /ppp-connect. You'll then have to decide on your parameters. pppd connect 'chat -v "" "your_init_string" "" ATDTisp_number CONNECT "" ogin: your_username word: your_passwd' /dev/tty(0/1/2) speed modem pppd involkes /usr/sbin/pppd on my system, then loads up chat to do the dialing. Chat sends your_init_string to the modem, then dials isp_number. It then waits for CONNECT, then waits for ogin: (l removed as the first character is sometimes lost), sends your_passwd, chat th
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