Re: modem and PPP trouble
Hey Joshua,
You may have a winmodem version if it's an internal plug and pray card.
There is no support for winmodems in Linux. If you are not sure run
pnpdump and it will tell you if it is.
John
Joshua Wilson wrote:
>
> I recently installed Debian GNU/Linux, and I am having a terrible time
> getting PPP to work with my modem. I have a US Robotics 28.8 at
> /dev/ttyS2. I tried to set up PPP using pppconfig and I have looked
> at the files in /etc/ppp. Everything seems to be ok, but when I run
> pon my modem does not dial, nothing happens, and plog tells me that
> the connect script failed. I have consulted various HOWTOs and
> documentation but they all seem to refer to pre-HAM versions of Debian
> and reference a ppp.chatscript file that my box doesn't have. I also
> searched the debian-user archives but could not find a relevant
> answer. However, the archives did mention trying to dial out using
> minicom. Minicom was able to get my modem to dial, but this still
> does not solve my PPP problem since my ISP uses PAP and I do not how
> to negotiate a connection to it using minicom. Any help or ideas
> about how to get my modem to work with PPP would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh Wilson
>
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