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Re: linux modem/ppp dramas...still

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From: Nico Kadel-Garcia
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:00
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On 19 Jan 1999 08:32:42 GMT, Terry Porter <tjporter@no-spam.au> wrote:
>On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 09:45:51 GMT, Nico Kadel-Garciai
><raoul@rkadel.ne.mediaone.net> wrote:

>>
>>Type "at&f" to get it into factory default. Then try typing things: the
>>modem is probably in an odd state.
>
>The modem needs to be instructed to return "verbose" replies.
>You WILL need to consult your manual, and instruct the modem to do it
>by either the init string you send it, or as a power up default.

at&f normally *includes* verbose, and is a much better known state to
start the modem from. Flipping single registers from an unknown previous
state is like trying to guess the next number in a combination lock:
it's much safer to start from the beginning....
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From: raoul@rkadel.ne.mediaone.net (Nico Kadel-Garcia)
Subject: Re: linux modem/ppp dramas...still
Date: 1999/01/19
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