[Ham-Linux] debian/ubuntu install

[Bob McConnell]

dave wrote:
> 
> took the advise of a couple of people here and installed the ubuntu distro.
> was an amazingly easly install.
> 
> but!
> 
> it did not install the network stuff.  i guess it sees the nic and 
> thinks that it is the
> prefered way to connect to the internet.  but it is only for the home 
> network.
> the problem is i must use dialup and it did not see it.
> looked at the program that shows all the installed hareware and the 
> modem is shown as a serial port.
> 
> so the question is how do i get the dialup modem instaledl as the as the 
> net connection?
> 
> also i did not see any way to bring up a termimal screen to go to supeuser.
> any suggestions on that.  appears stuck in xwindows.
> 
> tnx in advance
> 
> dave alexander

I haven't played with ubunto, but setting up the dial-up connection 
will depend on how you connect to your ISP. The last time I did that, I 
used the PPP protocol and either PAP or CHAP authentication, with a 
dial-on-demand configuration. I had a Slackware box with both modem and 
NIC that I used as a firewall between the home network and the dial-up 
line. Anytime somebody tried to access an IP address outside the network 
it would dial out to the ISP to establish a connection. When there had 
been no traffic over that connection for ten minutes, it would hang up. 
That was over ten years ago, so I don't recall much about it. There 
should be a How-To about it somewhere.

Bob McConnell
N2SPP