diff --git a/Manuals/Tcpi-ug/Configurations/Dialup/modem.docbook b/Manuals/Tcpi-ug/Configurations/Dialup/modem.docbook index 6bb36a6..0fb5591 100644 --- a/Manuals/Tcpi-ug/Configurations/Dialup/modem.docbook +++ b/Manuals/Tcpi-ug/Configurations/Dialup/modem.docbook @@ -5,7 +5,20 @@ Installation - + + + Start with a minimal installation of &TCD;, bootup the + operating system, and login as root user. Later, install the + Dialup Networking Support group of packages + available in the [base] repository of &TCD;. The + installation of this group of packages is required both in + server and client computers. If you don't have this group of + packages installed in your computer, then you can do it as the + following command describes: + + + yum groupinstall "Dialup Networking Support" + The modem device installation consists on attacthing the modem hardware both to the computer and the telephone line. To @@ -73,37 +86,14 @@ Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Once the modem hardware has been installed in the computer, it is necessary to determine what device location the operating - system assigned to it, so applications like - chat be able to know which device - to talk to. This configuration process can be realized - through the wvdialconf command, distributed - with the wvdial package. + system assigned to it, so you can instruct applications like + chat the correct device they will + to talk to. This configuration process has been greatly + simplified thanks to the wvdialconf + command, distributed with the wvdial + package. - - Another way to configure modems installed in your computer is - through the graphical interface provided by - system-config-network command. This - interface may result specially useful when you need to - configure your computer to establish Modem connections to - remote Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The interface - provided by system-config-network command - uses the same configuration file that - wvdialconf command does (e.g., - /etc/wvdial.conf), however, there are - some differences in the way these commands create - configuration files that we need to be aware of. - - - - This section describes how you could use the - wvdialconf and - system-config-network commands to configure - the modem installed in your computer, as well as possible - issues you might face if these two commands are arbitrarily - combined one another. - - The <command>wvdialconf</command> Command @@ -190,6 +180,21 @@ Modem Type = USB Modem The <command>system-config-network</command> Command + Another way to configure modems installed in your computer is + through the graphical interface provided by + system-config-network command. This + interface may result specially useful when you need to + configure your computer to establish Modem connections to + remote Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The interface + provided by system-config-network command + uses the same configuration file that + wvdialconf command does (e.g., + /etc/wvdial.conf), however, there are + some differences in the way these commands create + configuration files that we need to be aware of. + + + The interface provided by system-config-network command doesn't detect the configuration intially created by