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Re: dial-up modem usage



On Jo, 10 nov 11, 20:54:39, Rob Owens wrote:
> 
> I can get gnome-ppp to recognize both modems.  But when I attempt to
> dial, I don't hear a dialtone or any dialing.  Almost immediately the
> application says something like "sending password", and it hangs there.
> Of course it's going to hang -- it has not connected yet.
> 
> So I'm thinking maybe I need some kind of initialization string for the
> modem.  Are they specific to a certain model of modem?  Is there
> something else I should be trying?

Make sure you are trying to use the correct serial port. Especially 
winmodems will not be on the usual ports, but they create their own 
pseudo-serial port.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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