How to set up a new dial-up connection

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Author: Josef Lowder
Date:  
To: PLUG
Subject: How to set up a new dial-up connection

I'm embarrassed to say that I cannot recall how to set up a new dial-up
connection. I've been using the same one set up for several years and that
ISP is going out of business, so I've signed up for a new dial-up ISP, but
can't remember how to set things up so I can dial into either one.

How do I set things up so I can dial into either my old ISP or my new ISP?

FWIW: I have the following entries in my home/Desktop entry for connecting
to the Internet ... (none of which I understand ;)) Some of which I assume
are superfluous (those with nothing following the "=" ... ) I'm guessing
that the extra "Name" entries are useless and could be deleted, right?




[Desktop Entry]
Comment[C]=
Exec=/usr/bin/kdesktop-network
Icon=/home/joe/joe.png
MimeType=
Name[C]=Internet
Name[fr]=Réseau
Name[zh_CN.GB2312]=互联网络
Path=
ServiceTypes=
SwallowExec=
SwallowTitle=
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=

Perhaps this is all I need:
[Desktop Entry]
Exec=/usr/bin/kdesktop-network
Name[C]=Internet
Terminal=false
Type=Application
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false

Here's the current content of /usr/bin/kdesktop-network 
#!/bin/sh
if [ -e /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_cnx_pg ] ; then
        exec /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_cnx_pg ;
else exec /usr/sbin/draknet


Here's the current content of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/cat net_cnx_pg
#!/bin/bash
if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
if [ -e /usr/bin/kppp ]; then
/usr/bin/kppp &
else
/usr/sbin/net_monitor --connect
fi
else
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/net_cnx_up
fi

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