Re: Internet woes
Michael Tanney wrote:
>
> Everytime I try and use wvdial it sits there and does nothing when it
> reaches the point of launching pppd while the modem shows On Hold.
> And since wvdial does not require any extra configuration other than
> that which it asks you to enter at its configuration time, how do I
> stop pppd messing it up ? I think that the problem might be that pppd
> is trying to specifiy it's own IP to my ISP, because when pppd is
> executed without any parameters it shows on the last line "none of the
> secrets (passwords) tried would let it use an IP address" or something
> similar.. Can I pre-load a chatscript into pppd before using wvdial to
> connect. I don't actually care how I connect to the internet but no
> matter what I try it never works, always with the exact same problem.
This comes rather late, so I don't know if you solved your problem
already. If you did, just ignore the following...
Does your shell prompt reappear immediately after you typed in 'pon'?
If it doesn't, you may look into your /etc/ppp/options whether '-detach'
is enabled. If it is, you may disable the corresponding line with a hash
mark.
Regards,
Andreas.
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