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From: "Tony Wasson" <ajwasson@inficad.com>
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Subject: Re: Laptop modem - Dell Inspiron 2650 MD56ORD
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 15:30:27 -0700
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> Good Morning All
>
> Okay, I got it to work. It worked untill
> I rebooted the machine. Am I suposed to
> put something in my init scrips? The install
> instructions didn't indicate this or I would
> have done something.

Hooray! You got it!
Yes, you need to list the modules in /etc/modules.
You can also use modprobe to add them manually.

> Also, I was unable to ping out when I used my
> ppp dial up scripts that I copied from my desk
> top system. These scripts are cut and paste form
> the ppp howto and modified to serve my needs,
> which they have done so very well untill now. I
> was able to ping out when I used the the network
> configurator found in Redhat 7.3. So it would
> seem that something is missing. I did notice that
> there was a "resolv.conf" in the ppp directory
> after I got finished with the network
> configurator, I was tempted to transfer this to
> the /etc dir and try using my ppp dial up scripts
> again to see if it would work.

If you can ping by IP address, but not by name (google.com), it is a DNS
issue. Most ISPs hand out DNS addresses upon successful connection, but you
can always use your own in a resolv.conf file.

> FYI: I was unable to find anything to find the
> following in my menuing:
> >Go to Start->Programs->Internet->Dialup Configuration and create an
Account.
> >It's similar to using Dialup Networking on Windows

I dunno, perhaps the author of the page I quoted had installed some
additional RPMs?

Glad to hear you are making great strides in getting it going..

Tony Wasson