Hello im new to the forums and am just getting aquanted with Linux and just recently installed Mandrake 8.2, I have a 56k External Tidalwave Serial Modem made by Boca Research..... after I go into KPPP and setup my connection It recognizes my modem and everything, I can query it and it recognizes it fine and it does fine on the terminal test as well..... but when i goto connect I always get no dialtone detected. I have made sure that my line is secure and plugged in, and I have messed around with the countless settings in KPPP to see if I can get it to work but still reports back no dialtone. I did put my ear down to the modem itself and can here a dialtone for like 1 second then it cuts out......... if anyone has any suggestions on what i might be able to do i would really appreciate it. Thanks

i can acutally get it to dial out now by imputing the atx0 string command but it still wont make a connection........... the modem shouldnt be bad should it if ive gotten it this far, any suggestions anyone?

Hi,

Try this:

wvdialconf /tmp/wvdial.conf

with the modem on. Then, if all goes well, look at the man page of wvdial.conf (man wvdial.conf) and setup the file /tmp/wvdial.conf with the ISPs telephone number, your username and password.

Make a backup of the old /etc/wvdial.conf file, if it exists and move /tmp/wvdial.conf to /etc/wvdial.conf and try and use wvdial, instead of kppp.

If you're very new and have no clue about what I'm talking about, then, tell me and I'll explain it better.

Arvind

i had 2 external modems that were given to me, i gave up on the 56k external i think it went bad or something, i tried my us robotics external 33.6 modem and got on the net with it almost instantely, although i did have to uncheck check for dial tone before dialing and also input atx0 for the modem command string.......