Fw: Re Modem Problems

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Mike Harold wrote:
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Mike Harold <mailto:mike.harold at bigpond.com.au>
> *To:* lisa at itmnet.com <mailto:lisa at itmnet.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 07, 2007 9:47 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Re Modem Problems
>
> Hi Lisa,
>  
> Thanks for your suggestions regarding possible solutions.
> I had an hour and a half messing about on the command line (a) getting 
> used to it and (b) finding out how powerful it is.
> Tried all sorts of things - copied *man pon *by the pageful to the 
> word processor and printed it from there.
> Searched around some more and found other files that need altering 
> - got very brave (it worked before) and *sudo gedit* */etc/sbin/ppp 
> *(or something) that brought up a page with a lot of lines beginning 
> with # (assume notes ?) and some without (instructions ?). Copied that 
> to (processor ) and printed it.
> Also worked out that in doing this sort of thing - *TAKE NOTES! *But 
> being engrossed in what I was doing I didn't - did I! So I will have 
> to do it all again - in a proper and organised fashion to enable me to 
> see where I've been - and try some of the other features of the 
> command prompt.
> Have to stop there - other e-mails to write.
>  
> Thanks again for providing the first steps forward
>  
> Regards
>  
> Mike H
>  
> P.S. Sent at 11.35 pm ? I tend to burn the candle at both ends too!. 
> And hth ? M.H
Hi Mike,
do you need to edit anything?
Try on command line

sudo pppconfig    give your password when it asks and enter your 
relevant details.
If you leave "provider" element unchanged you will only need to type    
pon    to connect, and   poff to disconnect.
All you really need is the port your modem is on.

Hope this helps,
Take Care
Winton