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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: nic and modem -- using both?
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2001-05-18 1:33:20
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dep wrote:

> there is probably an embarrassingly easy answer to this, but i
> haven't found it yet.
>
> with my notebook machine at home, i use a pcmcia nic to hook up to
> the lan and therefore the world via the cable modem. but now i'm
> about to go on the road for a couple of weeks, and would like to use
> the pcmcia modem instead. no problem getting it recognized or getting
> it to dial with kppp, but once the connection is made, the link is
> never established.
>
> i can't imagine that there's no way to keep routing information for
> the nic one place, and routing information for kppp in its config
> file. but my knowledge of networking is sufficiently thin that what i
> can or cannot imagine isn't really pertinent.
>

Normally, all you have to do is tell KPPP the phone number of your ISP
and give it two DNS addresses.

There does seem to be a set up quirk though that you may have missed.  If
your ISP does NOT authenticate itself (they don't) then you need to edit
the file:

    /etc/ppp/options

It needs to contain only one line:

    noauth

JRT

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