ubuntu-ca Digest, Vol 45, Issue 9

[Mac]

Alfred:

After sending off my last reply, I did an Internet search on creating Dial-up 
connection using Ubuntu 8.10.  I should have done that before.   A very good 
illustrated tutorial can be found at :  
http://www.debianadmin.com/setting-up-dial-up-connection-in-ubuntu.html

If you download this, it may solve all your problems.  I hope so.

MacDuff  

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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:47:18 -0500
> From: Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net>
> Subject: Re: ubuntu-ca Digest, Vol 45, Issue 7
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1228888039.6747.44.camel at alf-desktop>
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> Hi:
>
> Often I've noticed that in the Linux Community there are knowledgeable
> people that figure that they are going to have a bit of FUN, with a
> Newbie. I've just played around for 6 hours getting the 8.10
> installation to get on the Internet with Dial-up.
>
> Well, what can happen with this is DELL's INFO DESK gets so overloaded,
> that they drop Ubuntu and go with Vista again. When all their Dial up
> customers, have to spend 6-10 hours trying to get it to work! Very few
> people are on High speed Internet in the World, lots of people are still
> using Dial-up! You that did all this work in making Ubuntu 8.10 a
> reality, may see your Growing user base, also have a Black Friday! Hey I
> know a little bit about Confusers - I played with them, for about 40
> years. Most Newbies have no idea at all. If it Don't work - They use
> that DVD or CD as a Drink Coaster!
>
> In Ubuntu 8.10 32 bit pppconfig comes installed on the DVD edition. So
> there is not much need to try to find Gnome-ppp
>
> wvdial.conf
>
> should read:
> [Dialer Defaults]
> New PPPD = yes
> Stupid Mode = yes                         Is this an actual Command?
> Modem Type = Analog Modem
> ISDN = 0
> Auto DNS = 1
> Auto Reconnect = 0
> Modem = /dev/ttyS0                        /dev/ttyACM0  does not work at
> ALL!
> Baud = 230400                             not sure of this number
> because when it dialed up it was very slow in Baud-rate!
> Init1 = ATZ                               not ATZ4!
> Phone = the IP Phone Number
> Username = Login name for IP
> Password = Login Password
>
> This Connects Confuser to the Internet. This Internet Connection I'm
> using to send you the E-mail is on another Hard Drive, not the 8.10
> Ubuntu, but the 7.10 Ubuntu, so everything has to be written down, or
> transferred to a Thumb Drive, then put on the 7.10 Hard drive. So I can
> send you this Email. Lots of turning off the Power installing a Hard
> Drive, over and over again for many hours to get it all working, not
> very EASY at all! Just in this little part of the World I tried to get
> people to try out Ubuntu, Windows was so troubling for them, and then we
> run into this little bit of FUN! Yah some one was having a little bit of
> fun with a Newbie, but as far as adopters in the Dial up Zone goes- Hey
> you will quite likely LOOSE 150,000 or more people, just in this little
> part of the World! Your expanding user base just got hit with Black
> Friday!
>
> Connecting to the Internet is very Important, and should be very easy,
> and in everything up to 7.10 it was real easy! Why Mess with something
> that worked very very well, hooking up with Dial-up had a very easy to
> use interface. Now it's GONE!
>
> The pppconfig utility asks for info that becomes available when wvdial
> is run.  Yet even having the info after wvdial is run, that info is sort
> of confusing. My IP acts like Linux never existed. I can't go to them
> with the questions that pppconfig asks, the people in the Office don't
> know these things themselves, only billing information, and HYPE!
>
> What are you THINKING!
>
> Alfred!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mac <dhltd at telus.net>
> Reply-To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
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> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: ubuntu-ca Digest, Vol 45, Issue 7
> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 07:14:49 -0800
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> On Tue December 9 2008 04:00:10 am ubuntu-ca-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:57:51 -0500
> > From: Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net>
> > Subject: Re: Ubuntu Installation.
> > To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Message-ID: <1228766271.6846.7.camel at alf-desktop>
> > Content-Type: text/plain
> >
> > Hi:
> >
> > Today I installed 8.10 Ubuntu 32 bit on a 250 Gig Partition. It went
> > well in the second time. Just one little problem:
> > Here in Brigadoon :) we still have Dial-up and no access to High Speed
> > Internet. How does one set up the Modem, and the Dial-up with 8.10. I
> > see that there are lots of options in Network Tools, but Dial-up does
> > not seem to be one of them. Is there an option to load Dial-up Tools
> > from the DVD (I bought the DVD Install from Ubuntu in England, and had
> > it shipped here.)
> >
> > Any hints or help would be appreciated
> >
> > Thank you in advance
> >
> > Alfred!
>
> I had to configure a dial-up connection for a friend back in the summer on
> Ubuntu 8.04 and it can be done using wvdial which was packaged with 8.04 to
> make the initial connection using terminal commands.  For a GUI interface,
> after establishing a connection to the Internet, I downloaded and installed
> GNOME PPP which provides a graphics interface that is easy to use.
>
> It took several attempts and was a bit frustrating, but I documented my
> experience and saved it in case I ever needed to re-visit the problem.
> Once gnome ppp was installed and configured everything worked perfectly and
> my friend, who knows absolutely nothing about computers, has no problems
> using it daily.
>
> One comment, we were pressed for time and I could not get the internal
> modem working so to save time I purchased a USRobotics USB modem but
> support for internal modems may have improved so you can try.
>
> To use wvdial, you'll need to edit the file:   /etc/wvdial.conf  as root or
> use the sudo command to open the file.   I assume you are familiar with
> using basic editing but if not and you need some hand holding, please ask.
>
> Here's an example of a configuration in  /etc/wvdial.conf that works using
> a USRobotics USB modem.  Save a copy of your existing /etc/wvdial.conf
> under a different name before you replace its contents with those below so
> if everything goes to H you can get back to your starting point.
> NOTE that "Modem = /dev/ttyACM0" ends with a zero not a capital "O"
>
> Code:	[Dialer Defaults]
> New PPPD = yes
> Stupid Mode = yes
> Modem Type = Analog Modem
> ISDN = 0
> Auto DNS = 1
> Auto Reconnect = 0
> Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
> Baud = 230400
> Init1 = ATZ4
> Phone = {Insert the telephone number of your ISP} eg. 250 123 1234
> Username = {name}  This is the login name to ISP
> Password = {password}  This is the login password to your ISP
>
> After saving the new  /etc/wvdial.conf ,  in a terminal, type:
> sudo wvdial
>
> After entering your UBUNTU root password, your modem should dial & connect.
>
> After making the correction and re-trying the connection you should see a
> terminal display similar to that below which indicates you have a
> connection:
>
> mac at T-61:~$ sudo wvdial
> [sudo] password for mac:
> --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
> --> Cannot get information for serial port.
> --> Initializing modem.
> --> Sending: ATZ
> ATZ
> OK
> --> Modem initialized.
> --> Sending: ATDT250 388 5747
> --> Waiting for carrier.
> ATDT250 388 5747
> CONNECT 48000/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS
> --> Carrier detected.  Starting PPP immediately.
> --> Starting pppd at Fri Sep 26 20:53:23 2008
> --> Pid of pppd: 16576
> --> Using interface ppp0
> There should be four more lines which list
> --> local  IP address
> --> remote IP address
> --> primary   DNS address
> --> secondary DNS address
>
> If you get that, you have a connection but then I found that I could not
> connect with Firefox due to a bug in Firefox.  That may have been fixed or
> you may not be using Firefox.  If you have a problem, ask for help with
> that one and I will look up my old notes and dig out the solution.
>
> When you do get a connection, use the Synaptic Package Manager to install
> gnome-ppp to get a GUI modem manager.  If you are using Kubuntu it may have
> kppp installed or you can install it using Synaptic.  Kppp provides
> somewhat more detailed feedback on problems that it encounters but
> gnome-ppp is quicker to download over a dial-up connection, requires fewer
> resources and once configured works a treat.
>
> Good luck
> MacDuff
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