ISP-Hookup-HOWTO: ISP specific information

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## 8. ISP specific information

More specific information for certain ISPs is available from a variety of sources:

Demon Internet

`ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/unix/linux/Demon/slack3.0.help.tgz`

Netcom

`http://www.netcom.com/bin/webtech/NetCruiser/Operating_Systems/Linux/linux.cfg.html`

PowerTech, Telenor Online, Telia

`http://www.kvaleberg.com/no-isp.html`

Stanford

`http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~wkn/Linux/network/network.html`

MCI

`http://www.kvaleberg.com/linux-mci.html`

SISCOM

`http://www.siscom.net/support/linux_setup.htm`

AOL is not possible since AOL uses a proprietary protocol.

If you can supply ISP specific information not listed here, please get in touch.

## 8.1 How do I learn more?

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

`ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project/network-guide/nag-1.0.ascii.tar.gz`

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:

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>     man pppd

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You will also find some documentation about certain programs in the /usr/doc tree, although this is not always well structured.

The following HOWTOs will be highly relevant:

- Installation-HOWTO will get the basics sorted.
- NET-2-HOWTO 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.
- Mail-HOWTO explains how to configure various tools. Again, much of this will already have been done for you when you install a standard Linux distribution.
- News-HOWTO is for setting up a (conventional) news spool.
- Tiny-News covers yet another alternative for collecting news.
- PPP-HOWTO is a good description of problems you may encounter when setting up a PPP connection.
- Serial-HOWTO contains everything you need to know about setting up serial ports.
- Mail-Queue tells you how to send up sendmail to always queue remote mail but deliver local mail at once.

Red Hat has a mailing list for PPP issues; to join send an email to

`redhat-ppp-list-request` with the subject line

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>     subscribe

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## 8.2 Thanks to

Information here is collected from many sources. Thanks to the following that either indirectly or directly have contributed:

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>     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>

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