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Chapter 8: Connecting to the Internet
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7. Back in the main GNOME-PPP dialog box, enter the information
needed to contact your ISP account.
You must provide the phone number of your ISP, plus any special prefixes
required (such as a 9 to get an outside line from some offices).
Enter the user ID and password provided by your ISP, and select the
check box if you want GNOME PPP to remember your password.
8. Click the Connect button to initiate the connection to the ISP.
You should now be able to go out and about roaming the Internet. When
you’re finished, it’s usually a good idea to disconnect the session. Just rightclick
the icon in the panel and select the Disconnect option to shut things
down and hang up the phone.
Setting up KPPP
The KPPP package requires about the same amount of work as the GNOME-
PPP package for connecting to the Internet. After installing the KPPP package,
choose Applications➪Internet (Fedora labels it as Internet Dial-Up Tool) to
open it. The main KPPP dialog box is shown in Figure 8-3.
Figure 8-3:
The KPPP
main dialog
box.
Here’s how to set up KPPP for your ISP account:
1. Click the Configure button to change the default settings.
The KPPP Configuration dialog box has four tabs for configuring your
dialup connection:
• Accounts: Defines the logon information for your ISP
• Modems: Defines your modem properties
• Graph: Defines how to display connection statistics
• Misc: Defines various behaviors for the KPPP application
2. Click the Modems tab to set up your modem.