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Connecting Using a Modem/ISDN Card

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3

Click

Save

and browse to the

Control > home

page:

4

Click

Connect

to connect SmoothWall Express to the Internet.

Password

Enter the password supplied by your ISP.

Method

Select one of the following authentication methods:

PAP or CHAP

– this is the most common method used by ISPs

Standard login script

– uses a standard text-based login script

Demon login script

– uses the UK Demon Internet ISP’s modified version of the

standard login script to connect to Demon’s authentication servers

Other login script

– enables you to use a custom login script if none of the other

methods are suitable.

Note:

If you need this, you will need to login to SmoothWall Express as the

root user and create the file in

/etc/ppp

Script name

If you have selected the Other login script method, enter the script’s name.

Type

Here you determine DNS details. Select form the following:

Manual

– enter the IP addresses of your ISP’s DNS server

Automatic

– select if your ISP supports automatic DNS server configuration.

Primary DNS

If you select Manual as the DNS type, enter the primary DNS server IP

address.

Secondary DNS

Optionally, if you select Manual as the DNS type, enter the secondary DNS

server IP address.

Setting

Information

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SmoothWall Express

Installation Guide

Installing Updates

The next step is to ensure that your SmoothWall Express system has the latest updates installed.

To check for and install updates:

1

Navigate to the

Maintenance > updates

page:

2

Click

Check for updates

. The Updates area displays any updates available.

3

Select the updates from the list and click

Update

.

You can now review SmoothWall Express functionality. For more information, see the

SmoothWall Express

Administrator's Guide

. Visit

for more information.

Where to go next?

To keep up to date with the latest in the world of SmoothWall Express, we recommend that you

visit:

•

– where you can create a my.SmoothWall profile, access more

documentation, sign up for newsletters and get fun stuff, themes and much more

•

– home of the SmoothWall Express community, containing the collective

wisdom of hundreds of SmoothWall Express experts in forums, FAQs and IRC channels.

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