Built for the business market this is a nice solid bit of kit that should last a few years, take your pick ,it will run any Linux you fancy and should not be any problems component wise.Refurbished Dell Latitude E6440,
Thanks Darry 1966, I have missed you all. Looking forward to connecting as I complete he installation.Hi Vicktoria welcome back.
blimey that brings back memories [ your making a happy man feel very old]You have to know your device name, ISP phone number, username and password to set it up.
just waiting for that annoying sound - oh wait here it isblimey that brings back memories [ your making a happy man feel very old]
Great, Thanks. The machine should be here in a week and I'll get it going with a networking GUI so that I can see if we're connecting at our fastest 28K or anywhere from, 26 to 12kIn Ubuntu
you can find in System => Administration => Networking, will let you set up the ppp connection in a graphical interface. You have to know your device name, ISP phone number, username and password to set it up.
Open Network Manager (System => Administration => Network)
Select the Connections tab.
Select Modem Connection
Choose Properties and fill out the fields.
Click OK
Select the DNS tab.
Click add, enter your DNS address.
Click Close.
You can also use the Gnome Modem Monitor and Network Monitor panel applets if you want to stop, start and monitor modem connections without opening the Networking GUI every time.
Here you goUmm, and the point of the above is, Brian?
Dumb Wizard, maybe a beer will fix that.