Re: Dial-up modem 'No CARRIER'
Ralph Bacolod said...
> --- Koen Vermeer <k.a.vermeer@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> > 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.
>
> Have you tried different kernels?
No. I'm not keen to do so either. In any case, which one?
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Best,
Marc
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