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That’s it. Now run the command "init q" which will
re-read the file /etc/inittab and start the required processes. Now, dial-in PPP should be
up and running, you can check this on your modem, the DTR light will have come on.
To connect via PPP, dial in from any other system using dial up
networking.
To connect from a Win 9x system, go to Dialup Networking in My
Computer, select "Make a New Connection", enter some name (such as "Linux
dialup"), make sure the correct modem is selected (and optionally configure it), and
press Next. Do not select "bring up terminal after dialing" in the modem
configuration, it’s not required. Nor should you assign a dialup-script.
Enter the telephone number that is attached to your modem, press
Next, and then finish the setup. Now right click the newly created connection, go to
"Server Types" and disable "Log on to Network", NetBEUI and IPX/SPX
Compatible, leaving only "TCP/IP" and "Enable Software Compression"
ticked. Click on OK.
That’s it. Now to connect from the Win 9x machine, double click
the new connection, enter your user ID and password (and optionally tell the system to
remember your password), click on connect, and your Windows machine will dial into the
Linux box, connect, establish PPP, and voila! You are on! Check it out by pointing your
browser to your Linux box, you should see the Web pages stored there. Tell your mail
client to send and receive mail via the Linux box, and that too works.
While reading this, you might feel that the setup is complex.
Don’t let this detailed article scare you away. We thought the same but the whole
process took us a little less than five minutes, and was far easier than configuring a Win
NT RAS server.
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