modem connection

[Janitor]

I just installed Ubuntu on my home computer. How do I set it up to connect to the internet with a 56k?

[SiborgZ]

There are many applications that enable you to do that.
As for I, I'm using wvdial to configure my connection and connect to internet ...

as root, run wvdialconf

It will search for your modem and configure an init script ( /etc/wvdial.conf/ ) which you'll have to edit with your own settings ( tel number, user, pass )

To connect to internet, just run wvdial

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If you have trouble with wvdial, you might want to check kppp which is the Kde dialer. It's a bit more user friendly, though less customizable.