New external modem problem
Recently, I bought a BestData external modem and it solved my connection problems (I thought). I just tried to get online today in Linux with this new modem and it first says "Modem Ready" and then it says "Modem Initializing" and then it just sits there and doesn't dial.
I had to reboot to Windows to get online. The only thing I can think of is that I changed a BIOS setting on the modem because it was waking up and/or powering up my computer whenever the phone rang, so I disabled the "wakeup" feature in the BIOS. I don't see why that should keep it from dialing, but who knows. Anybody got any ideas? Thanks. |
Monitor the log while you attempt dialing and see if that helps.
Open an x terminal and issue these commands Code:
[phil@fancypiper phil]$ su - Modem HOWTO Conexant/Rockwell modem HOWTO The kppp Handbook Dial-up Networking Configuration Using KDE's Kppp Troubleshooting ISP Connection Problems Connecting to AOL with Linux |
Thanks for the tip and the links. I'll see if I can dig out the solution to this new out-of-the-blue problem.
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I had the same problem with my actiontec... its not distro specific though it has to do with kpppd in KDE.. trying just editing you /etc/ppp.conf ? and using the built in ppp-up (i think) to dial in
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I think he is talking about the bash command ifup ppp0 that is used to bring up a dialup connection.
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