Setup :
ISP Name : powersurfer.net
ISP telephone No. : 172355
My username & password : 'name' and 'pass'
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 (name and pass 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.
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