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From: ochre small
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 00:00

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What modem HOWTO?  I have been searching for one for ages?  Can anyone point
me to one please?
Dave
reddwarf@octa4.net.au

Oo.et.oO wrote in message <36A01278.D121B47A@rpi.edu>...
>I get the same alarm thingy when I tried to script PPP myself.  I can
>talk to my modem with minicom and connect and start PPP manually.
>anyway I would try reading the modem HOWTO first and get that to work.
>it looks like the PNP HOWTO will help you a lot too.  then read the PPP
>HOWTO and the ISP_HOOKUP-HOWTO these and others can all be found at the
>LDP:
>http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/
>
> good luck and have fun
>oh, if you are running redhat you can use netcfg as root to start PPP
>check out the netcfg howto on redhat's pages for that...
>
>ochre small wrote:
>>
>> Smeg... sorry, forgot to mention that my (Linux quambie) ISP uses PAP...
any
>> hints for scripting this stuff appreciated
>>
>> Dave
>> reddwarf@octa4.net.au
>>
>> ochre small wrote in message ...
>> >
>> >Here's a puzzler...
>> >getting bizzare error messages from PPP....
>> >I am running a p166 system with an ISA PnP internal netcomm modem
(rockwell
>> >chipset), and after much diddling seem to have gained recognition (I
think)
>> >of the modem by Linux.
>> >I set up the PPP link as well as I could, but it doesn't connect.  I
can't
>> >tell if it is dialling as my modem has no speaker, so I don't hear the
>> >dialling or handshaking.
>> >The following is an exerpt from my /var/log/messages when I try to
initiate
>> >a connection under usernet.  HELP PLEASE!!
>> >
>> >Jan 14 21:41:17 reddwarf chat[1583]: abort on (NO DIALTONE)
>> >Jan 14 21:41:17 reddwarf chat[1583]: abort on (Invalid Login)
>> >
>> >Jan 14 21:41:17 reddwarf chat[1583]: abort on (Login incorrect)
>> >
>> >Jan 14 21:41:17 reddwarf chat[1583]: send (ATZ^M)
>> >
>> >Jan 14 21:41:17 reddwarf chat[1583]: expect (OK)
>> >
>> >Jan 14 21:42:02 reddwarf chat[1583]: alarm
>> >
>> >Jan 14 21:42:02 reddwarf pppd[1581]: Connect script failed
>> >
>> >Jan 14 21:42:02 reddwarf chat[1583]: Failed
>> >
>> >Jan 14 21:42:04 reddwarf pppd[1581]: Exit.
>> >
>> >Jan 14 21:42:09 reddwarf kernel: PPP: ppp line discipline successfully
>> >unregistered
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >

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From: "ochre small" <reddwarf@octa4.net.au>
Subject: Re: modem fails under Linux...
Date: 1999/01/16
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