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From: Colin <signofzeta@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] My winmodem works on linux-on-laptops.com
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 18:28:28
Message-Id: 42CD7275.9080803@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] My winmodem works on linux-on-laptops.com by Grant
1 Grant wrote:
2
3 >>I'm not sure here (but someone will point if I'm mistaken), but ppp
4 >>init script is intend to bring up adsl based connections, while you
5 >>need a dialler to connect dial-up, back in the days I had dial-up I
6 >>used minicom, and later kppp to handle this... In fact, you need to
7 >>set your device (usually /dev/modem) and use a program to dial using
8 >>that modem, this will create the ppp0 interface for you, and also
9 >>(most of them) will set is as the default route. Any server with
10 >>dial-up has configurations, and that's what your ISP have in their
11 >>script, you just find them out and put the same config at your dialer.
12 >>
13 >>
14 >
15 >Thanks Daniel, I'm really strung out here. I do have the net.ppp0
16 >interface now. Maybe I just need to emerge and utilize minicom? How
17 >can I do that when all I have is a Gentoo system that can't get online
18 >and an XP system that can dial up?
19 >
20 There are two options:
21
22 1. Network the two machines (via Ethernet, FireWire...) and set up
23 Internet Connection Sharing on XP. Tell the Gentoo box to use the XP
24 box as its gateway and DNS server. Make sure both machines use the IP
25 range 192.168.0.x/255.255.255.0, the XP one being 192.168.0.1.
26
27 2. Sneaker net--use emerge -fpu whatever 2>
28 /mnt/removablemedia/download.txt, and then bring download.txt to Windows
29 and use the Windows version of wget to get the files that you need.
30 Then copy them over to the Gentoo box.
31
32 I wrote a Wiki article on networkless installs. You might find that
33 helpful.
34 http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Networkless_stage1_Install
35
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37 Colin
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Re: [gentoo-user] My winmodem works on linux-on-laptops.com Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>