Re: [Sheflug] Connecting to BT Internet with Mandrake 8.0

["James Bruce" <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

I believe its a front end to the package WVDIAL which handles the dialling
of net connections rather spiffilly. The icon youre seeing is KWVDIAL (?) i
think. Make sure you have both package installed.

Im not sure about how its set up in mandrake, but in Suse, its an integral
part of Yast2. Install both the wvdial and kwvdial and check the
documentation, it should be easy to set up and i know itll work with linux
as ive used suse with btinternet before. Hope this helps, tho like someone
said before, youll probabaly need some special initialisation strings
aswell.

James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Lister" <nospam [at] global.co.za>
To: <shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Connecting to BT Internet with Mandrake 8.0


> This ICON that appeared at the bottom right ... I have yet to see it. What
> is the label of the icon? I have one that I try use half way up the left
> side of the desktop, saying something about 'The Internet'. (Sorry, not in
> Mandrake now because I can't connect to the net).
>
> Is there a way I can try make this bottom right hand icon appear? And
where
> would I enter this INIT string, which I have got from the site you
> mentioned?
>
> Thanks for the help so far!
>
> Craig
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <james.mears [at] consignia.com>
> To: <shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 5:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Connecting to BT Internet with Mandrake 8.0
>
>
> >
> >
> > Craig
> >
> > Oh well here goes. One Newbie trying to help another newbie. Everybody
> else
> > please do not shoot me down in flames.
> >
> > >I am unable to connect to my ISP when in Linux. I can however connect
> fine in
> > WinME.
> >
> > I had the same problem an I have a USR Sporster Flash 56K modem.
> >
> > >I connect to BT Internet, using the Anytime number (08089933001). I am
> not
> > using a WinModem. I have a USR 33.6/56K modem.
> > >When I dial, it makes the screaching sounds, but then freezes on a
> particular
> > sound, and just stays like that. I am in Windows now, but if I remember
> > correctly, it says 'EXPECTING: CONNECT' at the bottom.
> >
> > After asking this very group for help I went to www.modemhelp.org and
got
> an ATZ
> > string for my specific modem.
> > There is a big list of all makes of modems and INIT strings that will
> work.
> >
> > I am connecting to Freeserve with the dialler that appears as an Icon in
> the
> > bottom right of the screen in KDE 2.2
> > I typed the INIT string in and hey presto it worked.
> >
> > I hope that helped.
> >
> > James
> >
> >
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