Setting up a serial modem on a Debian PC

Chris Lale

          chrislale@users.sourceforge.org
        


Revision History
Revision 1.128th March 2002Revised by: CTL
Completed sections on configuring ppp and testing the connection
Revision 1.014th March 2002Revised by: CTL
Initial release

Table of Contents
1. About this article
1.1. Copyright information
1.2. Bugs, errors and mistakes
1.3. Spelling, punctuation and grammar
2. Preparing for the installation
2.1. System requirements
2.2. Gathering information about your modem
2.3. Gathering information about your dial-up connection
3. Installing pppconfig
3.1. Logging in as an ordinary user
3.2. Becoming a super-user
3.3. Running apt-get install
3.4. Tidying up
4. Configuring ppp
4.1. Running pppconfig
4.2. Entering the information
4.3. Adding normal users
4.4. Finishing off
5. Testing the connection
5.1. starting a ppp connection
5.2. Testing a browser
6. Checklist