Re: modem diagnostic?
well, I had notice of some modems that were capable of silent dialing. My
one is, I think. I have a supra 33.6 diamond, isa. Its possible that there
is an option to enable/disable that. im not sure
On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 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)."
>
> ... one source of confusion for me is that I have yet to hear a dial tone!
> That is why I am looking for a simple way to test my modem, if there is
> one.
>
> Thanks in advance for any hints.
>
> Glenn Becker
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