Old style dial up help needed

Hi, i have an IBM which has a modem which i need to connect to my dial up internet provider. i am on an island which has one internet cafe which i can visit and use the wireless connection which i am using to send this message. however i would like to be able to get online while at home and dial up is the only option. any help gratefully recived.
bod@zetnet.co.uk
best regards D. Ward

If you're running on Ubuntu (recent) you should find that the NetworkManager plugin provides a PPP plugin which will do most / all of the work for you. I'm currently using it with a 3G broadband modem without any problems ..

Alternatively if you're happier on the command line, try wvdial.

In fact if you do;
wvdialconf

It will automatically scan for modems for you and write out much of what you need to connect.

Other files to fill in would be;
/etc/ppp/peers/
/etc/chatscripts/

hth