[Novices] Ubuntu/Gnome/dialer

[Mark Bystry]

  > Wait, wait, wait folks.  I was asking about the dialer because I was 
making
> the assumption that Ubuntu wouldn't deal with the typical Winmodem any better 
> than any other Linux distro does.  But along with a stand alone modem, you 
> still need a dialer thinger.  So, are you saying that Ubuntu doesn't come 
> with that utility built in as Kubuntu or Suse does? 	
> 
> Brock		

ok, i'm finally back from goshen. my modem was indeed detected (but not 
configured) and is listed in the system>administration>networking. i 
have two items in there, my wifi card and the modem. it looks like this 
is the "dialer". i am able to configure this and then "activate" it to 
dial. i remember that this was a method of doing it in my red hat 9.0 
days. however, back then i used something differently. perhaps kppp.

mark