Well...at least I don't feel as alone in this situation as I did before.
The only thing I know to do is to install a breakout box in the normal serial line with the external modem, and record what's going on with the lights. Then, attach the breakout box to the USB serial interface and hook the modem up to that, noting the differences. Have you tried that? Or is your modem the type that connects directly to the USB bus? On Sunday 10 February 2002 20:10, you wrote: > On Sunday 10 February 2002 04:19 pm, you wrote: > > I have a similar problem. I've got a USB serial interface with the FTDI > > 8U232AM USB to serial converter chipset and an external modem. I've been > > trying to get the modem to talk to the converter for a long time now; no > > progress. I can talk to the modem with minicom, but when I dial out, it > > starts the PPP connection and then just goes braindead. > > Yer one ahead of me, I could NEVER get an external modem to work at all > with 8.1. Same symptoms as you describe. BUT, take 8.1 out and install 8.0 > and the durn thang works just fine. > > > > If I put it back on a standard 9 pin serial connect it works fine. > > Seems to be an issue with the status of one of the serial lines. > > Sure do wish I could deactivate those wasteful standard serial ports. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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