56K US Robotics modem config on RH Linux 8.0 PC
 

Having trouble to get my 56k US Robotics fax modem work on my RH Linux 8.0. Have used redhat-config-network and wvdialconf without much success. Any idea of how to get my modem to work?

Thanks.

Joe P.

if the redhat-config-network not work properly ,and you are sure your profile sign in it is correct, why not try to type minicom -s under terminal to check if your modem are configed properly

What have you tried with wvdial? I don't use red hat, but I use wvdial without any problems at all.
There are a couple of things you need to do:
- then edit this file with your phone number, password,
username
add username * password

- This is not always necessary, but I've yet found an ISP where I haven't needed to use it.

If you want a normal user to be able to dial, you'll have to change permissions on some files also.

Thanks guys for your input. I tried all your suggestions without much success. Following are the steps/checks made several times:

*configured modem via redhat network configuration tool
*checked /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0
*wvidial used to write /etc/wvdial.conf
*checked /etc/ppp/pap-secrets for the username/password parameters
*isssued minicom @ root prompt and got the following after initializing:
AT S7=4S So=0 L1 V1 & c1 E1 Qo

* In the redhat network config tool, whenever I attempt to activate the device ppp0 I constantly receive the same message "Cannot activate network device ppp0".

Either something is missing or I'm not on the right path!!
Any new idea/workaround to have my modem work?

Thanks.

Joe P.