Re: modem diagnostic?

2001-07-27 Thread Randolph S. Kahle
Newbie error... Sorry I should have entered pon tucson-att ... using the name of the provider! On 07 Jul 2001 11:31:32 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Glenn Becker writes: > > I've installed ppp and pppconfig from my potato CDs,... > > Actually, you already had them installed. > > > ...and was

Re: modem diagnostic?

2001-07-27 Thread Randolph S. Kahle
John, I hope you don't mind if I jump on this thread. I made the same mistakes and now I need help! I followed RunningLinux... I also used wvdial (and that works, dialing up to AT&T here in Tucson, AZ). However, I need to dial other ISPs (this is a portable). And they did not work with wvdial. S

Re: modem diagnostic?

2001-07-09 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, Still can't seem to dial out ... In any case, undo whatever -Running Linux- told you to do (simplest way is to purge and reinstall ppp). Then run pppconfig as root, follow instructions, and try to connect with pon. If you have trouble, run plog and post the ou

Re: modem diagnostic?

2001-07-09 Thread John Hasler
Glenn writes: > Connect script failed" to -me- says that the modem is dialing but that > the connection is crapping out because there's something wrong with the > configuration. Quite the opposite. Pppd knows nothing about modems. It calls the connect script and expects it do deal with the modem

Re: modem diagnostic?

2001-07-09 Thread burningclown
All, Still can't seem to dial out ... > In any > case, undo whatever -Running Linux- told you to do (simplest way is to > purge and reinstall ppp). Then run pppconfig as root, follow instructions, > and try to connect with pon. If you have trouble, run plog and post the > output. Here's the

Re: modem diagnostic?

2001-07-07 Thread J.A.Serralheiro
well, I had notice of some modems that were capable of silent dialing. My one is, I think. I have a supra 33.6 diamond, isa. Its possible that there is an option to enable/disable that. im not sure On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm wondering if there is a way to perfor

Re: modem diagnostic?

2001-07-07 Thread John Hasler
Glenn Becker writes: > I've installed ppp and pppconfig from my potato CDs,... Actually, you already had them installed. > ...and was following instructions I found in -Running Linux-,... A mistake. > "The remote system is required to authenticate itself but I couldn't find > any suitable secre

Re: modem diagnostic?

2001-07-07 Thread D-Man
On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 11:09:03AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | Hi, | | I'm wondering if there is a way to perform a hardware check on my internal | modem under Debian. | | I first started having trouble with it when I was still running Windoze, | but suspected it was a crummy cable. Righ

modem diagnostic?

2001-07-07 Thread burningclown
Hi, I'm wondering if there is a way to perform a hardware check on my internal modem under Debian. I first started having trouble with it when I was still running Windoze, but suspected it was a crummy cable. Right arond the time I installed Debian I got DSL, so didn't install any dialup capabil