correction on pppconfig

[H.S.]

John Heinen wrote:
> What happens after installing pppconfig, it is running, but no
> indication on the phoneline of a connection, is there another command?
> If there is no acceptance by the provider would there be an indication
> somewhere?
> 

Have you looked at this page which describes how to use a dial on Ubuntu?
http://www.debianadmin.com/setting-up-dial-up-connection-in-ubuntu.html


>From a command line, IIRC, you are looking for wvdial. See this page for
the steps to follow to use a phone line:
http://www.davidpashley.com/articles/wvdial-pppd-dod.html

Additionally, this page shows how to use the pon and poff commands to
control the ppp connection:
http://dsl.org/cookbook/cookbook_37.html
http://www.aboutdebian.com/modems.htm

Good luck.

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