PCMCIA modem questions
G'Day !
Ok here is some more information ...
I dial into my IP using wvdial ... it creates a PPP link to my provider,
negotiates a IP address and set-up a routing information. I can type "ifconfig"
and verify that PPP is set-up and when I type "route" it returns a routing
table, albiet it takes 2 or 3 minutes.
I can not ping the default gateway returned by the route command. It is the
same however as the Peer I'm supposedly linked to according to ifconfig.
I have set-up the same configuration on a desktop, so I think this is a PCMCIA
issue. Is it possible a modem issue ? Any known issues with a SmartLink
5634pcc SurfRider (56kbps Fax/Modem)
Product info (returned by cardctl): "PCMCIA CARD 56KFaxModem", "FM56C-NFS",
"5.41"
manfid: 0x014e, 0x0088
function: 2 (serial)
I have been using the PCMCIA-Howto, the Networking-Howto, and the PPP-Howto with
little success.
cheers,
Jim Parker
Sailboat racing is not a matter of life and death .... It is far more important
than that !!!
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Jim Parker
To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
11/22/00 10:38 cc:
AM Subject: PCMCIA modem questions(Document link: Jim Parker)
G'Day !
Well it looks like I'm lucky ... I plugged my PC card modem into the laptop
heard a beep and low and behold it is recognized as a modem and is working ....
almost
My PPP connection is real flacky. Sometimes it disconnects, every so often
(every 5 minutes or so). Last night it did not disconnect, but I could not see
the outside world. When I typed route, the route program would display the
headings, but would not display the info from proc and hang. (I check
/proc/net/route and did see what looked like the appropiate info).
I had set up the laptop for an ethernet connection to a private LAN, so my
thoughts are it is trying to use set-up info in /etc/init.d/ ...
BTW both my NIC card and modem are PC cards.
Any thoughts or comments ?
cheers,
Jim Parker
Sailboat racing is not a matter of life and death .... It is far more important
than that !!!
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