The Internet dialer starts up and
dials your ISP. (If you have sound turned on, you should hear your modem dialing out.) If everything
is working properly, your login and password are accepted and the PPP connection is made.
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Running the Show Part II
Try opening Firefox or another Web browser to see if you can access a Web site on the Internet. If
this doesn??™t work the first time, don??™t be discouraged. There are things to check to get your dial-up
PPP connection working. Skip ahead to the ???Checking Your PPP Connection??? section.
Launching Your PPP Connection
Your dial-up connection is now configured, but it is not set to connect automatically. One way to
start the connection is to set it up to launch manually from the desktop panel. Here??™s how:
From the GNOME desktop:
1. Right-click the panel, choose Add to Panel???Modem Lights, and then select Add. A
Modem Lights icon appears on the panel.
2. Select the new icon from the panel. You are asked if you want to start a connection with
your modem.
3. Select Connect to start the connection.
From the KDE desktop:
1. Right-click the panel and then choose Add Application to Panel???Internet???KPPP.
2. Select the new icon from the panel (type the root password, if prompted). A KPPP
window appears.
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