RE: [Sheflug] Tenuous Connection - More stupid newbie problems

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Paul,

 please, please, please post in Plain Text.

 Yup, they are just text editors, and there are a few of us that use both (or 
at
least are trying to :-)

 You should probably read the networking howtos, and try and get a feel for 
the
steps involved with the configuration of the network.

 If that doesn't help, post (in plain text :-) a more detailed description of
the problems you're having, and we can help you out.

 Try checking how any dial on demand options are setup with WVDial, that might
be the problem (guessing).

 Cheers.

 Baz.

>===== Original Message From "Sheflug" <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz> =====
>
Dear All,
>
		Thankyou for your previous help. I am now a little
>closer to getting connected to the internet. Compuserve don't support Linux
>so I signed up with Uklinux, thinking that there was a significant
>possibility that they might.  At first it made the connection but none of
>the programs could 'see' the connection.
>
>
		So taking a Windows approach I reformatted the hard
>disk and re-installed everything (after saving my home directory to a Zip
>disk). I also took the opportunity of formatting the HD with the Reiser
>filing system (I thought it would be slower but there is no perceptible
>difference).
>
>
		The new set up is less broken than before. Wvdial
>works and I can use Netscape to browse the web. However it breaks the
>connection after only a few seconds if it is idle, also none of the other
>internet type programs appear to work. I guess I will have to dig out the
>configuration files. Which config files do I need to dig out and where are
>they?
>
>
		There is still no progress with the ethernet
>connection between the two PC's.
>
>
Regards
>
>
Paul J. Miller
>
>
PS emacs and vi are just editors, everyone should choose their own
>and it should be no concern for anyone else.

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