ActionTec 56K Internal PC Modem User Manual page 36

Step 3 Before setting up individual PPP accounts, the modem itself needs to be
configured. Click on the Device tab, and verify that the modem device
refers to /dev/modem (kppp does not have an entry for /dev/ttyS4,
so /dev/modem is used instead). If you do not have /dev/modem set up,
refer to the section labeled "Configuring the Modem." Also, set the con-
nection speed to 115200.
Step 4 Go to the Modem tab. Click Modem Commands and change the last set-
ting under Volume to M1L3. Click OK. Use the slider to adjust the volume
of the modem, if desired. The modem speaker is off when the slider is all
the way to the left. Now click Query Modem. A window should come up
and return the modem's ATI strings, if the modem was configured properly.
Close this window after viewing it.
Step 5 Now, back in the KPPP configuration window, go to the Accounts tab and
click New. Enter a name for the connection, your ISP's phone number, and
any other information provided by the ISP to make this connection (except
the user name and password).
Note: Selecting "Save Password" as the password will cause the password to be saved
into a plain text file.
Click OK when done.
Step 6 Click OK to close the kppp configuration window. In the kppp main win-
dow, enter the user name and password for the connection. Click Connect
to dial.
Step 7 When the call is completed, the dialer window will minimize itself. To dis-
connect, restore the dialer window and click Disconnect.
Setting Up and Using The linuxconf Dialer
Red Hat's linuxconf utility can only be run by root or users with superuser privileges.
Step 1 Start up linuxconf by typing
linuxconf
at the prompt, or, if root, selecting it from the Control Panel.
Step 2 The menu item for PPP is under the headings Config, Networking, Client
Tasks. Select it and click add to make a new profile.
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