Re: how to make modem silent?

[Kent West <westk@nicanor.acu.edu>]

Karen Hu wrote:
> 
> Is there a way will make "pon" dial my modem silently?
> I'm still using Hamm (version 2.0).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> (Note: I'm not on debian-user@, so plz include this address in your
> msg).
> 
> -Ping
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In /etc/chatscripts/provider (or whatever your "provider" file is
named), add a line "OK ATM0" (that's a "zero", not a letter "O") just
before the dial command, like so:

<snippit of provider file>
ABORT "NO DIALTONE" 
ABORT "NO ANSWER"
"" ATZ
OK ATM0
OK ATDT555-1234
CONNECT \d\c
<end of snippit>