Re: Script to check whether modem telephone line in use --- how?

[John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>]

Mark Phillips writes:
> Why does pon kill his connection?

Pon is just simple script:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/pppd call ${1:-provider}

> Well because pon merrily walses in, spewing out phone numbers and other
> noise onto the line.

Your modem should drop the connection when it fails to get dialtone.  It is
either defective or misconfigured.  Try changing your modem initialization
to ATX4 .  
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI