netizen Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 I know i'm probably asking a lot, but is there any way to get on line thru AOL UK in linux? Please don't assume i'm a typical AOL Luser, i only went with them because of the unlimited connection time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasanth Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 winmodem? You will have a hard time in finding a driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoz7120 Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 There is a way to connect to AOL using Mandrake as I found the instructions a while back when I was trying Mandrake for the first time, but I don't have the details at the mo as im at work. When I get home I will hunt out the instructions on how to do it. Have you managed to get a winmodem driver for Mandrake (assuming that you are using a modem, not Cable or DSL), if not have a look at www.linmodem.org there is a driver on there. If you have difficulty in finding it I will glady email it to you and the instructions for connectiong through AOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Try following this tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 If I were you, I'd switch to your local ISP if there is any. It's really easy to set up a dial-up connection as long as your modem is not a winmodem. I tried using a winmodem in Linux once but it didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netizen Posted January 15, 2003 Author Share Posted January 15, 2003 I should be OK for modem drivers, it's an Intel Ambient modem and they have some precompiled Mandrake drivers on the site, which is handy! Thanks for the link Zivan56, one day i might try it if i knew what the hell it means! No big deal tho, i was only messing about to see if i could do anything with Linux in the first place. Took me more than a week to d/l the ISO on 56K :laugh: Thanks for all your help :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudydoo Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 AOL is POO! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmd3x Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 I heard that AOL has some beta software for Linux (not like you need it though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishie Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 theres something called pengaol that you might want to check out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 AOL is POO! :p I have to agree with you since I used to use that and it wrecked my system! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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