Re: [expert] Problems with modem

[Seak, Teng-Fong]

"Seak, Teng-Fong" wrote:

 Pj wrote:

  One of the advantages to having an external modem is the ability to
  reset it without rebooting. You might try turning the modem off and
  letting it rest for a couple of minutes. I was told you can dial from a
  terminal screen, but unfortunately I don't know how to do it.

  Is that "minicom" you're talking about?

 Yes, that's "minicom".  Once you've connected to the modem, you could
issue AT commands to test it.  As a side thought, since the modem is
connected already to the computer, and minicom is launched within a terminal
(virtual or not) in the same computer, I won't describe this as "dialing to
the modem from a terminal (screen)" (sic), but I would rather say "connect to
the modem from a terminal".

 For more info about how to use minicom, consult Modem Howto.

Re: [expert] Problems with modem

[Pj]

Neat. You answered your own question and helped me too. Thanks.

Pj

Re: [expert] Problems with modem

[Alan Shoemaker]

Pjto do that bring up the kppp window and instead of
pressing the Connect button, press the Setup button.  Choose
the Modem tab and press the Terminal button.  There you are in
a terminal and able to talk directly to your modem.

Alan


Pj wrote:
 
 One of the advantages to having an external modem is the ability to
 reset it without rebooting. You might try turning the modem off and
 letting it rest for a couple of minutes. I was told you can dial from a
 terminal screen, but unfortunately I don't know how to do it.
 
 Pj
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Problems with modem

[Michael R. Belanger]

This sounds like a RTFM problem.  PJ: Consult the Modem HowTo.  It
discusses how to test and setup modems.  If you are stuck without
Internet access, there should be a copy of it installed on your system
somewhere or on the Mandrake CDROM.

On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Alan Shoemaker spoke these words...

# Pjto do that bring up the kppp window and instead of
# pressing the Connect button, press the Setup button.  Choose
# the Modem tab and press the Terminal button.  There you are in
# a terminal and able to talk directly to your modem.
# 
# Alan
# 
# 
# Pj wrote:
#  
#  One of the advantages to having an external modem is the ability to
#  reset it without rebooting. You might try turning the modem off and
#  letting it rest for a couple of minutes. I was told you can dial from a
#  terminal screen, but unfortunately I don't know how to do it.
#  
#  Pj
#  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# 
# 

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[expert] Problems with modem

[lorne schachter]

I'm sending this email to both lists, not sure of the best place.

I sometimes get into a state with kppp when I try to connect that it
tells
me "Sorry. modem is not responding".  The only way I can cleat this up
is
to reboot, so it's obvious that I have to do a hard reset to the modem.
Is
there anyway I can do this without rebooting, just through the command
line?

Thanks,

Lorne



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Re: [expert] Problems with modem

[Seak, Teng-Fong]

Pj wrote:

 One of the advantages to having an external modem is the ability to
 reset it without rebooting. You might try turning the modem off and
 letting it rest for a couple of minutes. I was told you can dial from a
 terminal screen, but unfortunately I don't know how to do it.

 Is that "minicom" you're talking about?

 Fong