
Connecting to the Internet with PPP Under Linux
LinuxSA - May 1997 Meeting
Geoffrey D. Bennett
Topics of Discussion
- Requirements
- Setting up
- Making a manual connection
- Automating PPP with chat and ppp-on/off scripts
- Red Hat's netconfig tool
- Available applications
Requirements
- Computer, Modem, Phone Line, an ISP, etc :)
- A Linux Kernel with PPP support
- minicom, pppd, chat
Setting up
/dev/modem link to the appropriate serial device
- Eg.
ln -s ttyS1 /dev/modem
/etc/resolv.conf
- Domain Suffix
- DNS Server(s)
Making a manual connection
- Dialing in with minicom
- Noting down the connection procedure
- Starting PPP
pppd /dev/modem defaultroute
- Checking the Connection
- Stopping PPP
Automating with chat and ppp-on/off scripts
/usr/doc/ppp-*/scripts/
ppp-on
ppp-on-dialer
ppp-off
Red Hat's netconfig tool (netcfg)
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
ifup and ifdown
ifcfg-ppp0
chat-ppp0
Available applications
- Telnet
- FTP
- WWW
- Netscape
- Mosaic
- Grail
- Red Baron
- Lynx
- Email
- News
- Slrn
- Tin
- trn
- xrn
- Pine
- Netscape
Further Reading
Last updated: Wednesday, 18-Jun-1997 18:11:39 CST