Re: Forcing modem to dial in absence of dialtone

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Pigeon wrote:

> I am currently staying with my parents and am having
> severe problems trying to connect via dialup.
>
> The problem is that they have a telco-based 'answering
> machine' which signals the presence of waiting messages
> with an intermittent dialtone. The modem thinks this is an
> invalid dialtone, reports NO DIAL TONE and I cannot dial out.
>
> <snip>
>  
>
> =============================================
>
> /var/log/syslog for a failed session:
>
> Apr 25 22:42:03 debian pppd[583]: pppd 2.4.1 started by pigeon, uid 1000
> Apr 25 22:42:04 debian chat[584]: send (ATZ^M)
> Apr 25 22:42:04 debian chat[584]: expect (OK)
> Apr 25 22:42:04 debian chat[584]: ATZ^M^M
>  

You might try using an init code of ATX3 (see 
http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/network/dialin/modem_codes.html for other 
AT codes).

--
Kent