Re: modem diagnostic?
On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 11:09:03AM -0500, burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com wrote:
|
| Hi,
|
| I'm wondering if there is a way to perform a hardware check on my internal
| modem under Debian.
|
| I first started having trouble with it when I was still running Windoze,
| but suspected it was a crummy cable. Right arond the time I installed
| Debian I got DSL, so didn't install any dialup capabilities. Now I've
| moved and won't have DSL for at least a few weeks, and can't seem to
| connect out.
|
| I've installed ppp and pppconfig from my potato CDs, and was following
| instructions I found in -Running Linux-, 3rd ed., but the best I got was
| this message:
|
| "The remote system is required to authenticate itself but I couldn't find
| any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so. (None of the
| available passwords would let it use an IP address)."
If you got something from the remote system, I think the modem works.
| ... one source of confusion for me is that I have yet to hear a dial tone!
I think that is usually a good thing -- I find it annoying the way
windows default to max volume on the speaker. The modem's speaker
volume can be set with "ATM0" (off) or "ATM1" (probably other integer
values are allowed too). BTW those are strings sent to the modem,
usually by a program such as chat.
| That is why I am looking for a simple way to test my modem, if there is
| one.
Try minicom. It is an interactive comm program that you can use to
communicate with the modem and try it out. It is also really good to
use for determining what sort of "expect-send" pairs to use when
configuring chat to work with your ISP.
HTH,
-D
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