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Re: [TCLUG:20209] useful things: dialup script
> connections by running netcfg under X. I created a PPP device, pointed it
> at /dev/modem, assigned it my static IP from my ISP, ifup ppp0'd, and poof
> it worked. Last night I installed Redhat Pinstripe, and when I run netcfg
> the PPP option is no longer there (although SLIP is, go figure). How can I
> set up a ppp0 without using netcfg? I want a commandline based dialup (AKA
> not Kppp) and I'm not sure how to set it up without netcfg. Can anyone give
> me some pointers?
Try linuxconfig's ppp stuff? Haven't had a PPP connect in a long time
myself, but I looked at it once and it was pretty slick...