Problems getting dialup to work

["Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>]

  I'll be moving soon, and temporarily slumming it on dialup, bleagh.  I
set up an account on a low-cost dial-up ISP (they confirm connection is
bog-standard, and no special software is required).  I also installed
wvdial and set up the account.  Wvdial requires root to run !!!  Testing
it from root, it sees the login/password prompts and responds.  The
connection seems to be established, but nothing happens, and my external
modem's lights stay solid.  The same machine+modem did work with Redhat
7.3.

  Here is the output of route -n with adsl running...

[18:34:34][/root] route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.248   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.248 U     0      0        0 eth0
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.254   0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0

  Here it is with the dialup connection established...

[18:34:31][/root] route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
64.7.158.21     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
192.168.1.248   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.248 U     0      0        0 eth0
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.254   0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0

  Here is the wvdial dialog with userid and phone# X'd out.  Any ideas
anyone ?

[18:33:08][/root] wvdial
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.53
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDTxxxxxxxxxx
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDTxxxxxxxxxx
CONNECT 50666/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS
--> Carrier detected.  Waiting for prompt.
login:
login:
--> Looks like a login prompt.
--> Sending: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Password:
--> Looks like a password prompt.
--> Sending: (password)
PPP session from (64.7.158.21) to 38.112.103.21 beginning....~[7f]}#@!}!}!} }4}"}&} } } } }%}&u}!Vs}'}"}(}"}3K~
--> PPP negotiation detected.
--> Starting pppd at Tue Dec  9 18:33:41 2003
--> pid of pppd: 673

  It stalls and just sits here until I hit CTRL-C

--> Disconnecting at Tue Dec  9 18:35:04 2003
[18:35:04][/root]


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