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Hello,
I just installed linux and I dont know how to connect to my ISP. If you could help that would be wonderful.
ps- the reason I need to connect is to get the packages because I have nothing on there except dselect...
HELP!!
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jprohart

in order to connect to your isp, you need to use ppp or slip (deponds of your isp). tell us more about what you need, and look at the PPP-HOWTO and ppp man page.
tell if you need help, i'll send you a script to run pppd.
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jprohart@alienor.fr
Accually the ISP hookup howto is the easiest to use its at:
http://www.linuxhq.com/HOWTO/ISP-Hookup-HOWTO.html

And everything you need to know about linux is at:
http://www.linuxhq.com/

You are going to need the ppp package to get it going, unless you have a shell account with your isp, then you just need a terminal program(I recomend minicom).  See the serial howto at linuxhq for more info.
Personally, I use DIP to do my networking (works with SL/IP, or PPP)...  However, it can be a pain to get running...
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