On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 08:17:18AM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > Brenda et al, > > a few points overlooked. > > 1. I was running wvdial manually on its own, $ wvdial, so expected > that it would connect and relinquish control back to the prompt. It > does no have its own prompt to accept input, and all the iinfo was > on- screen.
Heh, well after all that hand-waving about using wvdial, it seems I don't actually use it on a day-to-day basis. I use the scripts pon and poff (supplied in ppp package). I have attached them to menu items that are presented in X-Windows. In any case, wvdial still works, I tried it at the command line and here is the output: ========== wvdial output ========== seal:/etc/ppp/peers# wvdial --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.41 --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0 ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0 OK --> Modem initialized. --> Sending: ATDT my-isps-phone-number-here --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT my-isps-phone-number-here CONNECT 19200/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. User Access Verification Username: Username: --> Looks like a login prompt. --> Sending: bjb bjb Password: --> Looks like a password prompt. --> Sending: (password) ottawa4> --> Hmm... a prompt. Sending "ppp". ppp Entering PPP mode. Async interface address is unnumbered (Ethernet0) Your IP address is ww.xx.yy.zz. MTU is 1500 bytes Header compression will match your system. --> Looks like a welcome message. --> Starting pppd at Thu Dec 13 22:06:01 2001 ========== wvdial output ========== I am running as root. Now I see why I probably gave up on wvdial, it is running at 19.4Kb and the modem is capable of 33.8. I think I failed to configure it better and gave up on it. Also I wanted regular users to be able to dial up. To hang up, I typed ctl-C into the xterm where wvdial was running: ========= more wvdial output ======== Caught signal #2! Attempting to exit gracefully... --> Disconnecting at Thu Dec 13 22:10:55 2001 seal:/etc/ppp/peers# ========= more wvdial output ======== -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to the GNU age! http://www.gnu.org