Dial-up Networking: Getting Zeta on the Internet through a modem (PPP and PPPoE)

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PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol. This protocol allows a computer to connect to the Internet with a standard dial-up telephone line.

PPPoE
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet. PPPoE relies on two widely accepted standards: PPP and Ethernet. PPPoE is a protocol that allows users to log on and off from their high speed or broadband internet connection.

Dial-up Networking: Getting Zeta on the Internet through a modem (PPP and PPPoE)

If you use are using a dial-up service provider to connect to the Internet, you need to tell Zeta about your analog or xDSL modem and your Internet service provider (ISP). This is done by launching the Network preflet and choosing the Dial-Up tab.

Connect to: lets you add as many dial-up connections you need. You can for instance have a PPPoE connections at home and then add a modem connection when you are out travelling.
The PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) settings enable you to set your username, password and phone number, as supplied by your ISP. Check Save if you don't want to enter your password each time you connect. These settings can target different ISPs or different accounts within the same ISP.

In Options you can enable Show in Deskbar. This will enable a modem icon in the Deskbar, that lets you easily connect and disconnect to the Internet. The replicant also shows when you are connected. This extra menu also provides you with a shortcut to the Network preflet in the Preferences application.

The next section covers the PPP Type. You can here choose between Serial and PPPoE. If you are to connect to the Internet with an analog modem, you will connect this modem to one of your computers serial ports. After choosing to connect through the serial port, you will have to add the telephone number you have to dial to connect and the initial string to get Zeta talking to the modem (Modem Init). If you have an older modem you might want to choose another speed the default one (115200).

Using the modem from a hotel often needs a prefix to dial out, by enabling Dial out Prefix, you can add the hotel's prefix number.

When you are choosing to configure or use PPPoE, there are far less settings to configure. Simply just choose the Device.

To connect to the Internet with eighter PPP or PPPoE, simply press Connect. In the Status view for the connection you will see the IP address your computer is provided, the packets transfered, and last KBs in and out.

When you are using PPP you normally don't have to specify your IP and DNS addresses. These kind of TCP/IP settings are rarely needed for dial-in connections, so unless you know otherwise, yellowTAB recommend not touching anything under the Indetity tab when using a dial-up connection.

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