Crashdamage wrote:

> On Sat, 31 May 2008 17:55:02 +0200, Steffen Pohle <steffen@gulpe.de>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 31 May 2008 10:14:15 -0500
>> "Dr. Deb" <dgfreeman@mon-cre.net> wrote:
>
>>> What I have is an ISP who requires user name and password at each ADSL
>>> logon, just like a dialup modem. If I had a wireless router I could set
>>> it up to handle the handshaking, but since I don't how do I connect?
>
>> how about pppoe? and pppoeconf should do this? On the debian netinstall
>> ima> ges it is included and i think it is also included in the most other
>> distributions.
>
> I use wvdial to connect using a built-in 3G wireless card in my laptop.
> Should work fine for your purposes and again, is available in most
> distros.
>

Thnaks, I will take a look, but did not see it as an installed app. But
then I was not specifically looking for it either.

Thanks again.

Deb