dial up problems

[Jack Littrell <JackL@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am unable to figure out what it takes to create a dial-up connection
and surf the web.  Here are a few things I think you will need to know
to help me.  

First, I know my modem works.  I can dial into michnet using minicom.
 I have figured out the sign on sequence and modified my chat-ppp0
file accordingly.  It looks like:

'' 'ATZ'
'OK' 'ATDT3533500'
'CONNECT' ''
'Host:' 'ppp'
'Login:' 'myUsername'
'Password:' 'myPassword'
'TIMEOUT' '5'
'~--' ''

I think the problem lies in my network configuration.  When I
activate ppp from the control panel, nothing happens.  Here is what my
network window looks like on the control panel:

Names Tab:

Hostname:  localhost.localdomain
Domain:  BLANK
Search for hostnames in additional domains:  BLANK
Name Servers:  35.8.2.41  35.8.2.42  (MSU's DNS)


Hosts Tab:

127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain


Interfaces Tab:

Interface	IP	proto	atboot	active
---------------------------------------------------
Io	127.0.0.1	none	yes	inactive
			none	yes	inactive
ppp0			none	no	inactive


Routing Tab:

Packet Forwarding:  NOT CHECKED
Default Gateway: BLANK
Default Gateway Device: BLANK
everything else is blank


If I edit the ppp interface, the following settings are:


Under the HARDWARE Tab:

Use hardware flow control and modem lines:  CHECKED
Escape control characters: NOT CHECKED
Abort on well known errors: NOT CHECKED
Allow user to deactivate: NOT CHECKED

Line speed: 115200
Modem port: /dev/ttyS1
ppp options: none


Under the COMMUNICATIONS Tab:

Modem Init String: ATZ
Modem Dial Command: ATDT
Phone Number: 3533500

Debug Connection: CHECKED
Login: myUsername
Password: myPassword
Timeout: 5


Under the NETWORKING Tab:

Activate at boot: NOT CHECKED
Set default route when connecting: CHECKED
Restart ppp when connection fails: CHECKED
Timeout values in seconds for 
   no connection: 5
   broken connection: BLANK
Maximum Packet Sizes
   MRU 296     1500
   MTU 296     1500
Infrequently used options  BLANK

Under the PAP Tab:

everything is blank


All the info that I have in win95 is in there.  It seems like Linux is asking
for more info (Hosts and names, etc).  I certainly did not put that extra info
in while setting up dial-up networking in win95 and somehow it works.

I have been working on this for a long time.  If you could spell things out
for me that would be great, because there is some fundamental understanding
here that I do not have.

Thanks a lot,

Jack Littrell
JackL@postmark.net