Re: NO DIAL TONE

[Anthony Campbell <a.campbell@doctors.org.uk>]

On 30 Oct 2000, Eduardo Gargiulo wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I'm using pppconfig and pon to connect to Internet.
> Last week, I add the answering system service of my telephone company. Now, my dial tone is not continuous and when I try to connect to my ISP, my modem reports 'NO DIAL TONE'.
> How can I tell my modem in cahtscript that don't wait for dial tone before dialing?
> 
> Thanks and sorry for my english.
> 
> -- 

I think you should comment out or delete the words in
/etc/chatscript/provider that say:

  ABORT "NO DIAL TONE"


I've found that on my system I have to delete

	ABORT "NO CARRIER"

otherwise the modem keeps cutting out before making a connection.

Anthony


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