Connecting Without KPPP Getting Started Guide 107 When you've finished all these configuration options, choose OK to close the Configuration dialog box. To start your KPPP connection: 1. Select an account on the main KPPP window. 2. Enter the name and password for that account. 3. Choose Connect. Once you have a PPP connection established, you can launch Netscape Commu- nicator or other Internet client tools. You can also use command line utilities such as route and ifconfig to examine your Internet connection in more detail. These utilities are described in the section “Using Advanced Tools” on page 116. Connecting Without KPPP Although KPPP provides a convenient graphical tool for reaching the Internet, you may want to use standard scripts to create a non-graphical connection using PPP. This section describes how to do that. NOTE: You still need the information from your ISP described at the beginning of this chapter. To set up a script-based PPP connection: 1. Log into OpenLinux as user root. 2. To verify whether or not your system’s Linux kernel includes PPP support, type lsmod and press Enter. 3. If the PPP module (ppp.o) doesn’t appear in the list, type modprobe ppp and press Enter to load PPP support. 4. Add your ISP's nameserver IP addresses to the /etc/resolv.conf file (for example, nameserver 192.168.1.1). 5. Add your system’s IP address to the /etc/hosts file (for example, 192.168.100.23 swift.caldera.com swift). If you’re not connected to an internal network, use “0.0.0.0” as your sys- tem’s IP address. 6. Create a /etc/ppp/options file with the following lines: connect "/usr/sbin/chat -f /etc/ppp/chat-script" /dev/modem 38400