Re: Machine dropout from modem?

[M-L <rose_snug@bigpond.com>]

On Saturday 23 September 2006 19:43, Mumia W.. shared this with us all:
>--> On 09/23/2006 04:14 AM, M-L wrote:
>--> > Using Debian Etch,
>--> > Acer 3614WLCi laptop
>--> > Maestro Woomera modem through a USB to RS232 cable.
>--> >
>--> > The modem is connected to the ISP but the system has dropped off the
> modem --> > connection.
>--> >
>--> > The modem shows it's connected and yet the laptop isn't connected to
> it. I try --> > to run "pon" again. Nothing. I try "poff" It tells me there
> is no connection --> > running.
>--> >
>--> > I manually switch off the modem, switch it on again, the modem tells
> me it's --> > intelligent. I type "pon" into a terminal, and the modem says
> dialling, and --> > does so and connects again. The lappy picks it up, and
> is again connected. --> >
>--> > Something to do with PPP in Etch?
>--> >
>--> > Would appreciate any help.
>--> >
>--> > TIA,
>--> > Charlie
>-->
>--> Can you talk to the modem using minicom?
>-->
>--> I often use minicom to help me test basic modem functionality, such as
>--> the ability to send AT commands and receive modem responses.
>-->
>--> In minicom, you're typically talking to the modem, and if you say "AT"
>--> to the modem, it should respond "OK"; if you say "ATI", the modem should
>--> respond with its identification, for example, "SupraFax 33.6i"
>-->
>--> --
>--> paduille.4058.mumia.w@earthlink.net
>-->
Yes. The modem answers and connects, but the system doesn't read it. Connected 
on minicom, and browsers can't get onto the net, and nothing else either.

Thanks for your help.

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