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>Chapter 7. Easy Configuration Utilities for PPP</A
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>7.1. <A
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HREF="tools.html#AEN238"
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>KPPP - The KDE PPP Dialer</A
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>7.2. <A
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HREF="x314.html"
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>WvDial - A command-line pppd driver</A
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>7.3. <A
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HREF="x328.html"
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>rp3 - RedHat PPP dialer</A
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>7.4. <A
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>Linuxconf - Universal (almost) Linux PPP dialer</A
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>7.1. KPPP - The KDE PPP Dialer</A
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>http://devel-home.kde.org/~kppp/index.html</P
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>KPPP is an easy tool for configuring your PPP links. It comes with the
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default installation of KDE, and is quite well integrated into that
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>KPPP also has a good help system built in. If you just right click
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on the majority of the buttons in the application, a menu will pop
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up with an item called "Quickhelp". Clicking it will give a quick
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summary of whatever item you clicked on.</P
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>The opening screen of kppp will list any available connections, and
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allow you to specify a Login ID and password for the connection.
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There is also a "Show Log Window" option. Selecting this will show
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a log window. This can be handy if you are trying to debug a connection.</P
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>For now, click on the "Setup" button. This will bring up the setup
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window. It has a series of tabs across the top. Select the one called
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"Accounts". There will be a list of Accounts, if any.</P
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>Select "New" from the right hand side. Another menu will pop up.</P
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>First, specify a name for this connection in the "Connection Name" box.
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A good name would be the name of your ISP. Then enter the phone number.
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Select the type of authentication. If your ISP hasn't specified otherwise,
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leave it as "PAP". You can optionally store your password between sessions,
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but this may be a security risk.</P
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>Click on the tab marked "IP". Here you have the option to configure your
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IP address, either a Dynamic or Static address. You should know what kind
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you want, specified by your ISP. You can also optionally specify that
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you wish to configure the hostname for this IP, which means that kppp will
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name your machine according to the name given to it by your ISP.</P
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>Click on the tab marked "DNS". Here you can set up DNS. Fill in the appropriate
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fields with the information supplied from your ISP.</P
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>Click on the "Gateway" tab. Here you can configure your gateway, or router
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address. If a gateway or router address was specified by your ISP, select
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"Static Gateway" and enter it in the box below. Otherwise leave this alone.
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The box marked "Assign the Default Route" should be checked.</P
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>The "Login Script" tag is only useful if you specified "Login Script"
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authentication under the "Dial" tab. If you need to use a Login Script,
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you can enter it here, as a series of commands. Select the type of command
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you wish to use, followed by the argument, then click "Add". Click "Remove"
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to remove a selected command.</P
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>The "Accounting" tab allows you to track the number of bytes that you
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have sent and recieved for a given connection. This can be useful if your
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ISP tracks the amount of data that you use, and perhaps charges you based
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on that. If you wish to use accounting, click on the "Enable accounting" box.
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You can then select a country, if you live in a country that has taxes,
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tariffs, or other charges based on data transfer. Otherwise, just select
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either "Bytes in", "Bytes in and out", or "Bytes out". For more information,
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consult the KPPP manual.</P
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>Click OK to finish the creation of this new account.</P
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>Now we'll cover the other tabs in the kppp configuration window.</P
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>The next one is "Device". It contains configuration information about
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your modem. You can select the device, flow control, line termination,
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and connection speed. It is recommended that you leave these alone unless
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otherwise specified by your ISP. You can also specify values for using
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a lock file for your modem device(recommended) and a modem timeout.
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Modem timeout refers to the amount of time that kppp will wait for your
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modem to respond.</P
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>The "Modem" tab is mainly useful for debugging your modem. You can also
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adjust your modem volume. For more information on these commands, consult
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the kppp documentation.</P
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>Next is the "PPP" tag. It contains many useful items for making kppp tailor
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fit to your needs. The "pppd Timeout" field specifies how long kppp should
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wait for pppd to bring up a connection. The "Dock" option states that kppp
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should recede into the KDE dock when it is connected. The "Automatic redial"
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specifies that kppp should redial if it is disconnected. The "show clock"
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option will display how time you have been connected. The "Disconnect on
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X-server shutdown" means that if you leave KDE, PPP should shut down.
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The "Quit on Disconnect" option will close kppp if you disconnect from your
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ISP. Finally, the "Minimize window on connect" option will minimize kppp
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when it connects.</P
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>The "Graph" tab is useful for kppp's throughput graphing. For more information
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on this feature, see kppp's documentation.</P
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>Click Ok to leave this menu. Now ensure your connection is selected in
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the "Connect to:" box, and click "connect". You're all set!</P
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