How to set up a Dial-Up connection [Ubuntu and Mint]

Linux Tips & Tricks
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To set up a Dial-Up connection:
If you have a working internet connection, install gnome-ppp from the synaptic package manager.
once installed go to:
Menu → Internet → GNOME PPP
or
open a terminal and type:

gnome-ppp

And enter your dial-up details.

If you don’t have the correct permissions to use gnome-ppp… open a terminal and enter:

sudo adduser YOURUSERNAME dip
sudo adduser YOURUSERNAME dialout

[make sure you replace YOURUSERNAME with your Linux login name]

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If you NEED to set up dial-up, and you don’t have a working internet connection so can’t install gnome-ppp, follow these instructions:

  1. Open a terminal and type:
sudo pppconfig

Select ‘Create a connection’… fill in all the information and save… (remember what you put in the provider field, you will need this info later)

  1. In a terminal type:
sudo adduser YOURUSERNAME dip
sudo adduser YOURUSERNAME dialout
sudo touch /etc/resolv.conf
sudo touch /etc/ppp/options

[make sure you replace YOURUSERNAME with your Linux login name]

  1. Reboot.

  2. In a terminal type

pon YOURPROVIDERNAME

Replace YOURPROVIDERNAME with the provider name you entered in pppconfig… This should start the modem dialing.

  1. Whilst connected to the net, open a terminal and type:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-ppp
  1. To end the internet session, In a terminal type:
poff

:slight_smile: from now on use - Menu → Internet → GNOME PPP to connect :slight_smile: