A
lot of people thanked God (as well as the guys behind KDE) when
kppp came to the scene. The entire process of connecting to the
Internet using a dial up connection was simplified to a very great
extent. I shall show you how to configure kppp to connect to the
Internet (connect to your ISP).
Setup :
ISP Name : powersurfer.net
ISP telephone No. : 172355
My username & password : 'namexxx' and 'passxxx'
Procedure :
1. Run Kppp from the K menu or by typing kppp at a
shell prompt. You will get a window with a Connect To field
along with Login and Password fields. There is also
a Setup button. Click on this button and you will get a
new
Configuration window.
This new window has many tabs.. like Account, Device, Modem...
2. On the 1st tab Accounts , click on New
and select Dialog Setup. In the new window that appears
titled New Account, type a name for your connection such
as Power Surfing.
Add the New Telephone No :172355.
In the Authentication tab see that PAP is selected
(My ISP uses PAP.. check with yours..)
In the IP tab & Gateway tab , no changes are
required.
In the DNS tab enter the name of your ISP such as powersurfer.net
in the Domain Name field
The Login Script, Accounting and Execute
tabs require no changes.
3. Now back to the kppp Configuration window on
the 2nd tab, Device select /dev/ttyS1 if your modem
is connected to the COM 2 as mine is. If you are not sure check
Article No 4 on this site..
Flowcontrol and Line Termination require no changes.
Select
the connection speed. Mine is 57600 since I have a 56k
mode external modem.
Do not check the Lock File and select a lengthy Modem
Timeout.. 99 seconds.. since some ISPs require more time to
get connected.
4. In the 3rd tab Modem, change the modem volume
as required. If you want to check your modem you can click on
the Query Modem button and it should return a lot of results,
if your modem is found and is working properly. This is very good
way to figure out if kppp has detected your modem and can communicate
with it or not.
5. The Graph tab requires no changes.
6. In the Miscellaneous tab, increase the pppd
timeout to 60 seconds ..so as to allow maximum time in case
of any problems. Also check Minimize Window on Connect
to mimic the Windows default behaviour of the Connect Dialog Box.
Show Clock should also be checked since it shows the total
time elapsed since you connected to the Internet
Thats all the configuration that needs to be done..
Click on Ok button and you will come back to the original
window. In this select Power Surfing in the Connect
To field. Enter your Login ID and Password (namexxx
and passxxx in my case). If you want to see what happens as you
connect you can check the Show Log Window.. but that is
not required as such.
Finally click on Connect button. kppp shall dial and connect to
your ISP.
Once the connection has been established this window shall minimize
and you can open your browser and start browsing.. The above instructions
let you connect to the Internet as the superuser. In case you
want to connect as a normal user then read the Note below.
Note :
What is explained above is applicable to the superuser. For normal
users there is a different method to setup Internet access. In
case u have a standalone machine at your home where you are both
the superuser as well as the normal user, there is a very simple
way to get your user account to access the Internet. Login as
the normal user and then open a shell window. Type 'su' at the
prompt . It shall ask your for the superuser password. Enter the
password and you shall be granted superuser rights. Run kppp at
the prompt. In case it gives you an error about SetUID for kppp
then you will have to log in as root and check the SetUID checkbox
for kppp file using Konqueror or some other File Manager. This
has to be done only once. Log out and login as the normal user
run kppp. This time there will be no error and you can connect
to the internet. You will be able to browse the net. Once u disconnect
then leave the super user (within the shell window that had opened)
mode by typing 'exit' in the shell window. Thats all.. Its a work
around method but it does no harm since you are the only user
on your machine. The actual method involves creating a group and
making that particular user a member of that group and allowing
that group access rights to the Internet.
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