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><A
NAME="TAB-DIAL"
>Dial tab</A
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><DT
>Account Name</DT
><DD
><P
>		A unique name for this account setup.  This is the name 
		which will appear in the main window's account list.
	      </P
></DD
><DT
>Redial Maximum</DT
><DD
><P
>		The maximum number of redial attempts the dialer will make
		if the account is busy, or the modem does not not connect.
	      </P
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>Modem Device</DT
><DD
><P
>		The path to the serial device the modem is attached to.
	      </P
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>Connection Speed</DT
><DD
><P
>		The speed the modem is opened with.  Modems are usually
		opened with a much higher speed than their BPS rating.  
		115200 is almost always the correct setting, unless you
		want to slow your modem down.
	      </P
></DD
><DT
>Modem Initialization</DT
><DD
><P
>		The string sent to your modem for initialization.  This string
		must result in the modem responding with the 'OK' string
		or else gnome-ppp will report it failed to detect and
		initialize your modem.
	      </P
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><DT
>Phone Numbers</DT
><DD
><P
>		A list of phone numbers to cycle though and dial for this
		account.
	      </P
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>	  PAP (Password Authenticated Protocol) and CHAP authentication 
	  are a bit of a hassle to set up.  These protocols are implemented
	  in the pppd daemon, so the gnome-ppp configuration of these
	  authentication methods is coordinated with pppd's configuration.
	</P
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>User Name</DT
><DD
><P
>		Your PAP/CHAP username issued to you by your ISP.  This must
		be the same as the one you enter in the 
		/etc/ppp/pap-secrets or /etc/ppp/chap-secrets file.
	      </P
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>Remote Name</DT
><DD
><P
>		A unique name you've chosen to identify this account
		with the password entry in the /etc/ppp/pap-secrets or 
		/etc/ppp/chap-secrets file.
	      </P
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>Hidden Password</DT
><DD
><P
>		This field is not part of the PAP or CHAP authentication.
		Use this password if you want to send a hidden password
		in the login script. 
	      </P
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>IP Address tab</A
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><P
>	  This section allows you to set client-side static IP addresses
          for the PPP connection.
	</P
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><DL
><DT
>Local IP Address</DT
><DD
><P
>		This is the IP address for this computer.  This is usually
                dynamically allocated by the PPP server.
	      </P
></DD
><DT
>Netmask</DT
><DD
><P
>		The network mask associated with the local IP address.
                This is usually dynamically allocated by the PPP server.
	      </P
></DD
><DT
>Remote IP Address</DT
><DD
><P
>		The IP address of the remote PPP server.  This is usually 
                dynamically allocated by the PPP server.
	      </P
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>DNS tab</A
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><P
>	  Here you can add name servers and search domains which will be
          written to your /etc/resolv.conf file upon connection, and removed
          at disconnect.  You should be given at least one IP address for
          a name server from your ISP.  Search domains are are address
          shortcuts.  For example, if you often telnet to the computer
          'gandalf.work.com', by adding the search domain 'work.com' you
          will be able to telnet to 'gandalf' without the suffix.  This
          will work only if gnome-ppp has write access to your /etc/resolv.conf
          file; otherwise it will be silently ignored.
	</P
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>DNS Servers</DT
><DD
><P
>		List of IP addresses of DNS servers.
	      </P
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>Search Domains</DT
><DD
><P
>		List of domains you want searched when you specify a host
                without its full domain name.
	      </P
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>	  This section allows you to write a script to automate login
          to your ISP. 
	</P
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>PPP tab</A
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><P
>	  Misc PPP options.
	</P
><P
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>Add Default Route</DT
><DD
><P
>		Add a remote PPP server as the default route once the PPP
                connection is established.  This is on by default.
	      </P
></DD
><DT
>Lock Dialout Device</DT
><DD
><P
>		Write a lockfile to /var/lock to ensure exclusive access
                to the dialout device used for the connection.  This is
                on by default.
	      </P
></DD
><DT
>Maximum Transmission Unit</DT
><DD
><P
>		Adjust the maximum size of transmitted PPP packets.
	      </P
></DD
><DT
>Maximum Receive Unit</DT
><DD
><P
>		Adjust the maximum size of received PPP packets.
	      </P
></DD
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>Run Program After Connect</DT
><DD
><P
>		The path to a program or script you want to run right after
                the PPP connection completes.  The environment variables
                ACCOUNT_NAME and PPPD_PID are set with the name of the
                account, and with the process ID of the pppd process running
                the connection.
	      </P
></DD
><DT
>Run Program After Disconnect</DT
><DD
><P
>		The path to a program or script you want to run right after
                the PPP connection ends.  The environment variable
                ACCOUNT_NAME is set with the name of the PPP account, and 
                PPPD_PID is set to -1.
	      </P
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