5. Testing the connection

You should have finished configuring your ppp dial-up connection. You should be logged in as an ordinary user, and your modem should be connected and switched on.

5.1. starting a ppp connection

5.2. Testing a browser

You should be logged in as an ordinary user, and X should be running.

Open a browser, eg Mozilla. Open a terminal window (eg xterm) and open a ppp connection by entering pon.

debian:/home/chris# pon   enter

Try connecting to a URL. There are several links on the Mozilla default page including "www.google.com/linux". When you are satisfied that everything is OK, disconnect by entering poff in the terminal window

debian:/home/chris# poff   enter