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RE: ppp redial problem



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Why don't you try adding a wait or sleep command to the chatscript just
before the dialout, or try a comma (,) between the numbers to see if it
helps.  It may be just sending the data too fast.

Also.  Normally at&f doesn't reset the modem.  It resets FACTORY DEFAULTS
which can be off the wall and slow down or stop it from functioning properly
until you get a good init string in it.  ATZ re-initializes it to previous
settings.  AT&V will show you a list of the current settings on the modem. 
This is if it uses the Hayes command set (Hayes compatable).

On 11-Apr-97 Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
>
>A weird thing is happening to my pppd. (version 2.2.0f-19)  I added the
>persist option to /etc/ppp/options so that if the connection went down, it
>would immediately be brought back up again.  However what happens is it
>attempts to dial and then stops short.  It does this about three times and
>then stops.  I thought maybe the modem wasn't re-initializing properly
>(It's a rather old AT&T DataExpress 28.8) so I went to my chat script and
>added ath,at&f before the dial string.  ath should hang up my modem and
>at&f should reinitialize it.  I have checked these commands with the modem
>manual.  This didn't work either.  In fact I was unable to use pppd until
>I rebooted.  (yes even stopping it and starting it again didn't work.)
>The odd thing was I could redial with minicom.  So there is something
>wrong with pppd or my setup of it.
>
>The immediate emergency is gone.  I have found a small program called
>pppupd which can watch the connection and bring it back up again if
>needed.  This seems to be able to redial without any problems.  Still I'd
>like to get to the bottom of the ppp problem if anyone has any ideas.
>
>-- Jaldhar
>
>
>
>
Have a good one.

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Rick Jones              E-Mail: Rick <rickya@siservices.net> 

Date: 11-Apr-97                                                                                                Time: 02:34:42
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