Translations by Jeff Bailes

"GNU/Linux PPP Configuration Utility"

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Create a connection

Change the connection named %s

This is the PPP configuration utility. It does not connect to your isp: just configures ppp so that you can do so with a utility such as pon. It will ask for the username, password, and phone number that your ISP gave you. If your ISP uses PAP or CHAP, that is all you need. If you must use a chat script, you will need to know how your ISP prompts for your username and password. If you do not know what your ISP uses, try PAP. Use the up and down arrow keys to move around the menus. Hit ENTER to select an item. Use the TAB key to move from the menu to <OK> to <CANCEL> and back. To move on to the next menu go to <OK> and hit ENTER. To go back to the previous menu go to <CANCEL> and hit enter.

Please select the authentication method for this connection. PAP is the method most often used in Windows 95, so if your ISP supports the NT or Win95 dial up client, try PAP. The method is now set to %s.

Authentication Method for %s

Use "chat" for login:/password: authentication

Crypto Handshake Auth Protocol

%s Login prompt

%s ISP user name

%s ISP password

%s Port speed

%s Modem com port

%s Authentication method

Write files and return to main menu.

This menu allows you to change some of the more obscure settings. Select the setting you wish to change, and select "Previous" when you are done. Use the arrow keys to scroll the list.

"Advanced Settings for %s"

%s Connect response

%s Default route state

%s Set ip addresses

%s Turn debugging on or off

Add a ppp user

%s Change remotename

%s Idle timeout

Return to previous menu

Exit this utility

Ack String

Login Prompt

Password Prompt

You probably do not need to put anything here. Enter any additional input your isp requires before you log in. If you need to make an entry, make the first entry the prompt you expect and the second the required response. Example: your isp sends 'Server:' and expect you to respond with 'trilobite'. You would put 'erver trilobite' (without the quotes) here. All entries must be separated by white space. You can have more than one expect-send pair.

Pre-Login

You probably do not need to change this. It is initially '' \d\c which tells chat to expect nothing, wait one second, and send nothing. This gives your isp time to get ppp started. If your isp requires any additional input after you have logged in you should put it here. This may be a program name like ppp as a response to a menu prompt. If you need to make an entry, make the first entry the prompt you expect and the second the required response. Example: your isp sends 'Protocol' and expect you to respond with 'ppp'. You would put 'otocol ppp' (without the quotes) here. Fields must be separated by white space. You can have more than one expect-send pair.

Post-Login

Enter the username given to you by your ISP.

User Name

Probing %s

Below is a list of all the serial ports that appear to have hardware that can be used for ppp. One that seems to have a modem on it has been preselected. If no modem was found 'Manual' was preselected. To accept the preselection just hit TAB and then ENTER. Use the up and down arrow keys to move among the selections, and press the spacebar to select one. When you are finished, use TAB to select <OK> and ENTER to move on to the next item.

Select Modem Port

Enter the port by hand.

Enter the port your modem is on. /dev/ttyS0 is COM1 in DOS. /dev/ttyS1 is COM2 in DOS. /dev/ttyS2 is COM3 in DOS. /dev/ttyS3 is COM4 in DOS. /dev/ttyS1 is the most common. Note that this must be typed exactly as shown. Capitalization is important: ttyS1 is not the same as ttys1.

Enabling default routing tells your system that the way to reach hosts to which it is not directly connected is via your ISP. This is almost certainly what you want. Use the up and down arrow keys to move among the selections, and press the spacebar to select one. When you are finished, use TAB to select <OK> and ENTER to move on to the next item.

Disable default route

Enter your modem port speed (e.g. 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200). I suggest that you leave it at 115200.

Enter modem initialization string. The default value is ATZ, which tells the modem to use it's default settings. As most modems are shipped from the factory with default settings that are appropriate for ppp, I suggest you not change this.

Modem Initialization

Password

Enter the name you wish to use to refer to this isp. You will probably want to give the default name of 'provider' to your primary isp. That way, you can dial it by just giving the command 'pon'. Give each additional isp a unique name. For example, you might call your employer 'theoffice' and your university 'theschool'. Then you can connect to your isp with 'pon', your office with 'pon theoffice', and your university with 'pon theschool'. Note: the name must contain no spaces.