Getting Connected to the Internet with KPPP
written by: Paul Penrod

If you want KPPP to go away after the connection is dropped, then make sure Quit on Disconnect is checked.

When you are done, press the OK button. The Configuration dialog will disappear, having saved all the changes.

The opening dialog now has our connection (Earthlink) listed in the Connect to: selection menu as our first choice. We need to add the login and password, to make the configuration complete.

Select the Login ID: text field and enter in your Earthlink user name preceded by ELN/ (this is Earthlink specific only--for your ISP your username would be entered as normal). If you are curious to see what happens during the login phase, you can check the Show Log Window and a separate window will track the text dialog that happens between the modem and the network.

If you quit KPPP at this point everything will be saved, including the Login ID and the password.

To start the connection, press the Connect button, and sit back as KPPP launches your Linux box onto the Earthlink network. --LNO

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