September 2004
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
10h 17m
English
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Connecting by Dial-up Modem
To use your dial-up modem, you must first tell JDS that you have a PC modem. Click Launch → Preferences → System → Hardware, and you will see a screen similar to Figure 4-2.
Figure 4-2. Step 1 in configuring your modem
When you select the Modem icon, you may see a prompt for the root password. If so, enter it as root. The Java Desktop System Configuration Assistant will begin a process to detect your modem. After the detection process, you’ll see a screen similar to Figure 4-3, which shows the name of the name and make of the modem. In this example, the system found a U.S. Robotics modem compatible with Linux.
Figure 4-3. Modem autodetected
If you select the Configure button, you will see a screen similar to Figure 4-4. You will need to open this screen if you require a prefix such as 1 or 0 to get an outside line. Only facilities with PBX phone systems require you to use this option.
Figure 4-4. Adding a dial prefix
Adding Your ISP Information
Figure 4-3 shows an area titled Already Configured Devices. If you select the Change button, you have the opportunity to enter your information from your Internet Service Provider.
JDS provides you with a list of service providers, ...
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