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Re: Dial-up modem 'No CARRIER'



Have you tried different kernels?

--- Koen Vermeer <k.a.vermeer@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote:

> Maybe you could tell us what kind of modem you've got...
> 
> The last time I used my modem is almost a year ago. I got it to work by
> using its ALSA driver, but I think I remember that I experienced
> problems with wvdial. Some carrier detect problem, badly documented
> somewhere on the insane wvdial homepage. I think I got around it by just
> using 'ppp on' or something like that. But all of this may not apply to
> your modem, of course.
> 
> Koen
> 
> On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 19:06 +0100, marc wrote:
> > The laptop modem is dialing and exchanging with the ISP. Then, 24 times 
> > out of 25, all I get is 'NO CARRIER'. Very occasionally, I connect
> > 
> > I've tried both wvdial and KPPP in KDE. When I boot into XP, the modem 
> > connects successfully 100% of the time - so the wiring, hardware and ISP
> 
> > are fine.
> > 
> > I read somewhere that nic interrupts might clash, so I've ifdown'd that,
> 
> > and I've also tried lowering the line speed don to 9600.
> > 
> > Any suggestions on how to improve things?
> > 
> > I'm on 2.3.13 etch.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Best,
> > Marc
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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