[ubuntu-uk] Dialup from Ubuntu
Paul Sutton
zleap at zleap.net
Wed Jan 28 15:26:49 GMT 2009
David King wrote:
> I recently had a problem with my broadband connection, it just stopped
> working one night. Works okay again now though.
>
> But it meant that I had to try dialup for the first time in years. I
> still have an external serial modem (Zoom V.92) which I connected, but I
> could not get connected to the Internet with it. I had great difficulty
> in finding any kind of installed software in Ubuntu that would allow me
> to dial up any ISP through the modem. It was very easy in Windows, but
> why is it that a default Ubuntu installation contains no easy way of
> using dialup? I have since downloaded GnomePPP which is what I was
> looking for, something very much like the dialup program in the old
> Windows that I was used to.
>
> It is great for broadband users to install Ubuntu and then just get
> online and get updates, etc., but when broadband is broken, there is no
> easy way to get connected. And without the internet connection, no way
> to search online for an answer.
>
> Ubuntu needs to have GnomePPP installed by default.
>
>
> I did find a CLI program called wvdial that was installed, and I set a
> phone number for an ISP and username and password, into the conf file
> for it. But the number was old and no longer in use, so it would not
> connect. Then I found some info that should work, put that into the conf
> file, but after dialling that from wvdial, it just disconnected and then
> tried to redial using the original number that I put in but had deleted.
> So why did it remember the old number that was removed?
>
> I also put the dial up details into the Network Connections dialog (by
> clicking on the network icon near the clock) and entering dialup details
> in there, but from that dialog there is no button to click to actually
> dial. However, I noticed that a few minutes later Ubuntu was dialling
> something without displaying any kind of status as to what it was doing.
> It did this, then disconnected, and again later, seemingly at random. I
> did check the phone when it had dialled out, and heard the usual modem
> data sounds, so it was connecting to the ISP, but not staying connected.
>
> Even though most people now use broadband, Canonical really need to
> include proper dial up software in Ubuntu for those without broadband,
> and for those whose broadband temporarily goes offline.
>
> Up until this incident I thought that Ubuntu was pretty much the ideal
> OS to install from the CD, but it seems that once installed, if you have
> no broadband, getting online is nearly impossible. Canonical need to fix
> this asap, if they have not done so already. I am using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS,
> and being an LTS edition, it should have the dialup software like
> GnomePPP preinstalled. Maybe it has been fixed in 8.10, but the LTS
> users must be catered for too.
>
>
>
>
> David King
>
>
>
A bit late yes, but this may be useful
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/setting-up-dial-up-connection-in-ubuntu.html
paul
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