Re: dial-up modem usage

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:54:39 -0500 (EST), Rob Owens wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the tips, everyone.  But it seems I have forgotten more about
> modems than I realized.
> 
> I'm now using gnome-ppp as a dialer, which uses wvdial as a backend (I
> think).  I'm also using martian-modem, which provides a driver for my
> Agere WinModem.  Besides that, I'm testing with an external modem (usb
> connection).
> 
> I can get gnome-ppp to recognize both modems.  But when I attempt to
> dial, I don't hear a dialtone or any dialing.  Almost immediately the
> application says something like "sending password", and it hangs there.
> Of course it's going to hang -- it has not connected yet.
> 
> So I'm thinking maybe I need some kind of initialization string for the
> modem.  Are they specific to a certain model of modem?  Is there
> something else I should be trying?

I don't use gnome-ppp or wvdial.  I use native ppp.  Perhaps my ThinkPad
600 page will be useful to you.

   http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm

See the "Configuring PPP" topic in the Contents section.

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