<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>ISP-Hookup-HOWTO: ISP specific information</TITLE> <LINK HREF="ISP-Hookup-HOWTO-7.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="ISP-Hookup-HOWTO.html#toc8" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> Next <A HREF="ISP-Hookup-HOWTO-7.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="ISP-Hookup-HOWTO.html#toc8">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s8">8. ISP specific information</A></H2> <P>More specific information for certain ISPs is available from a variety of sources: <P><B>Demon Internet</B> <P><CODE> <A HREF="ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/unix/linux/Demon/slack3.0.help.tgz">ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/unix/linux/Demon/slack3.0.help.tgz</A></CODE> <P><B>Netcom</B> <P><CODE> <A HREF="http://www.netcom.com/bin/webtech/NetCruiser/Operating_Systems/Linux/linux.cfg.html">http://www.netcom.com/bin/webtech/NetCruiser/Operating_Systems/Linux/linux.cfg.html</A></CODE> <P><B>PowerTech, Telenor Online, Telia</B> <!-- PowerTech --> <!-- Telenor Online --> <!-- Telia --> <P><CODE> <A HREF="http://www.kvaleberg.com/no-isp.html">http://www.kvaleberg.com/no-isp.html</A></CODE> <P><B>Stanford</B> <P><CODE> <A HREF="http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~wkn/Linux/network/network.html">http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~wkn/Linux/network/network.html</A></CODE> <P><B>MCI</B> <P><CODE> <A HREF="http://www.kvaleberg.com/linux-mci.html">http://www.kvaleberg.com/linux-mci.html</A></CODE> <P><B>SISCOM</B> <P><CODE> <A HREF="http://www.siscom.net/support/linux_setup.htm">http://www.siscom.net/support/linux_setup.htm</A></CODE> <P><B>AOL</B> is not possible since AOL uses a proprietary protocol. <P>If you can supply ISP specific information not listed here, please get in touch. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss8.1">8.1 How do I learn more?</A> </H2> <P>The Linux Documentation Project book called Linux Network Administrator's Guide by Olaf Kirch is pretty mandatory for anyone that will set up and maintain anything involving TCP/IP and Internet <P><CODE> <A HREF="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project/network-guide/nag-1.0.ascii.tar.gz">ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project/network-guide/nag-1.0.ascii.tar.gz</A></CODE> <P>The documentation that follows each software package will normally give you all the detailed information you need, if not always the overview. The man-pages will be the first place to look. Try for instance: <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> man pppd </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>You will also find some documentation about certain programs in the <!-- /usr/doc --> /usr/doc tree, although this is not always well structured. <P>The following HOWTOs will be highly relevant: <P> <UL> <LI> <B>Installation-HOWTO</B> will get the basics sorted.</LI> <LI> <B>NET-2-HOWTO</B> is a very thorough description of installation and setup of the NET code. Much of this should already have been done if you use a standard Linux distribution (e.g. Slackware, Red Hat, Debian). But many sections on setup and troubleshooting will be very worthwhile.</LI> <LI> <B>Mail-HOWTO</B> explains how to configure various tools. Again, much of this will already have been done for you when you install a standard Linux distribution.</LI> <LI> <B>News-HOWTO</B> is for setting up a (conventional) news spool.</LI> <LI> <B>Tiny-News</B> covers yet another alternative for collecting news.</LI> <LI> <B>PPP-HOWTO</B> is a good description of problems you may encounter when setting up a PPP connection.</LI> <LI> <B>Serial-HOWTO</B> contains everything you need to know about setting up serial ports.</LI> <LI> <B>Mail-Queue</B> tells you how to send up <I>sendmail</I> to always queue remote mail but deliver local mail at once.</LI> </UL> <P>Red Hat has a mailing list for PPP issues; to join send an email to <P><CODE> <A HREF="mailto:redhat-ppp-list-request">redhat-ppp-list-request</A></CODE> with the subject line <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> subscribe </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss8.2">8.2 Thanks to</A> </H2> <P>Information here is collected from many sources. Thanks to the following that either indirectly or directly have contributed: <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> Adam Holt <holt@graphics.lcs.mit.edu> Arne Coucheron <arneco@oslonett.no> Arne Riiber <riiber@oslonett.no> Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@troll.no> Bjorn Steensrud <bjornst@powertech.no> Gisle Hannemyr <gisle@a.sn.no> Hans Amund Rosbach <haro@sesam.dnv.no> Hans Peter Verne <hpv@ulrik.uio.no> Harald T Alvestrand <Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no> Harald Terkelsen <Harald.Terkelsen@adm.hioslo.no> Haavard Engum <hobbes@interlink.no> James Youngman <JYoungman@vggas.com> Johan S. Seland <johanss@sn.no> John Phillips <john@linux.demon.co.uk> Jorn Lokoy <jorn@oslonett.no> Kenneth Tjostheim <kenneth.tjostheim@asplanviak.no> Kjell M. Myksvoll <kjell.myksvoll@fou.telenor.no> Kjetil T. Homme <kjetilho@math.uio.no> Michael Meissner <meissner@cygnus.com> N J Bailey <N.J.Bailey@leeds.ac.uk> Nicolai Langfeldt <janl@math.uio.no> Ove Ruben R Olsen <Ove.R.Olsen@ub.uib.no> R. Bardarson <ronb@powernet.net> Steinar Fremme <steinar@fremme.no> Sverre H. Huseby <sverrehu@ifi.uio.no> Trond Eivind Glomsrod <teg@stud.imf.unit.no> Tommy Larsen <tommy@mix.hive.no> Yves Bellefeuille <yan@storm.ca> </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR> Next <A HREF="ISP-Hookup-HOWTO-7.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="ISP-Hookup-HOWTO.html#toc8">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>