[Novices] Ubuntu/Gnome/dialer

[greenproc]

Mark Bystry wrote:
>> Playing with Ubuntu and thinking about novices mostly on dialup.
>>
>> I can't seem to find the dialup utility in the menus.  Can anyone
>> point me to the right critter.  I just wanted to look at it.
>>
>> Brock
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> i qualify as a novice. been using ubuntu for a week. isn't the dial-up
> in the "networking" dialog? still new to gnome too. it's in the third
> pull down from the top and then it's something like system tools or
> something. same spot that you configure wireless i believe.
> 
Yes, one of the ways you can configure network interfaces in gnome
(ubuntu) would be using 'System' -> 'Administration' -> 'networking'.
>From the command line, the same tool can be launched as 'gksu
network-admin'.

Mark, does a modem show up for you in the "networking / network-admin"
tool?  I've never configured a modem in linux before, but I think that
the kppp or gnome-ppp tools may give you the option to "add a modem".