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==How To Connect to the Internet With Minicom==
(A very quick connect guide to using minicom and pppd)<br /> by: '''Roach [mailto:roach@robotz.com roach@robotz.com]'''<br /><br />
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 	  <font size="+1"><nowiki>*-----[</nowiki>'''connect to inet with minicom''']-----*</font>
 	
 	  Login as root, then from the bash shell type:
 	  >'''minicom -s'''
 	
 	  (don't actually type the > symbol, it represents the prompt)
 	
 	  This loads minicom.  From inside minicom press the CONTROL key
 	  and the letter A then press D.  ('''CNTRL-A + D''')
 	
 	  Add your connection "ISP" '''NAME''' and '''PHONE NUMBER''' in the directory.
 	  Do NOT add a username and password.  This is not an authentication
 	  system for your Internet PPP connection
 	
 	  Connect to your ISP by selecting the connection '''NAME''' you just
 	  entered.
 	
 	  After you connect successfully you should start seeing a bunch of
 	  "garbage characters" going across your terminal.  Probably
 	  something that looks like this:
 	  *%^*)*^%58^%&%(*^&%$^&*(*&(^%
 	
 	  This is GOOD :o)
 	
 	  Press the CONTROL key and the letter A then Q.
 	  ('''CNTRL-A + Q''')
 	  Choose the following option: "'''Quit without Reset'''".
 	
 	  This should leave you back at the shell prompt.  Now type the
 	  following command:
 	  >'''pppd defaultroute /dev/modem'''
 	
 	  The PPP connection is now established and you are connected to
 	  the Internet.  To disconnect just kill the process id of the
 	  pppd.  Something like this:
 	  >'''ps aux|grep pppd'''  
 	
 	  this will tell you the pid of the pppd process you need to kill
 	  to disconnect.
 	
 	  <font size="+1"><nowiki>*-----[</nowiki>'''command summary''']-----*</font>
 
 	  minicom -s
 	  cntrl-A + D , (add phonenumber if necessary)
 	  connect , after the *%^*)*^%58^%&%(*^&%$^&*(*&(^%
 	  cntrl-A + Q and choose "Quit without Reset"
 	  at the prompt type: pppd defaultroute /dev/modem
 	
 	  -dbw

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