Hi all, I'm a new user to the linux world and I'm using suse 10. The install and setup went fine accept I cannot get online with my U.S. Robotics 5610B.

I can get the modem to dial and attempt to connect with KInternet however, after it makes all the typical dial up noises when I would expect "verifying username and password" in Windows the connection process pretty much just stops and eventually (under a minute) it wil fail all together. I have called my ISP and they told me to disable PAP and CHAP in pppd, but I don't know how to or what these are.

If anyone could shed some light on the situation it'd be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

you ISP ask you to disable PAP and CHAP then what the hell they are using ?

why don't you just give a try to wvdial, i duno if its install with SuSE, if not you can easily install it using Yast may be.

wvdial is a CLI base utilty, very easy to configure. read about wvdialconf , wvdial.

regards

Yea, thats what I've been trying along with KInternet, neither seem to help.

wvdial:

linux:~ # cd /etc
linux:/etc # wvdial
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S32=192
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Idle Seconds = 300, disabling automatic reconnect.
--> Sending: ATDT9738751523
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT9738751523
NO CARRIER
--> No Carrier! Trying again.
--> Sending: ATDT9738751523
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT9738751523
NO DIAL TONE
--> No dial tone.
--> Disconnecting at Thu Nov 10 11:25:10 2005
linux:/etc #

wvdial.conf

[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyS2
Baud = 115200
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S32=192
Init3 =
Area Code =973
Phone = 8751523
Username = (edited for forum)
Password = (edited for forum)
Ask Password = 0
Dial Command = ATDT
Stupid Mode = 0
Compuserve = 0
Force Address =
Idle Seconds = 300
DialMessage1 =
DialMessage2 =
ISDN = 0
Auto DNS = 1

Maybe this is solved already.

Try Init1 = ATZX3 to overcome NO DIALTONE.
and in /etc/wvdial.conf add the line,

Carrier Check = no

Regards.

Thanks for your input, it was in fact never solved... with dial up that is.

Just recently Sprint FINALLY ran a DSL worthy phone cable out to where I live. So now that I have DSL and it recognises my NIC with no problem I have perfectly working internet. And its actually at a speed worth using!

OK, that's good news. I use dialup occaisionally at hotels (work) connection is a problem at times.

Chesh.

Hi all!
I have the same distro (SuSE 10)installed on my laptop and the same problem : the modem is ok, but when I try to connect with Kinternet, I get the same message

Sending: ATDT7010187187
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT7010187187
NO CARRIER
--> No Carrier! Trying again.

etc...

Please help me!!!

Hi, I am using Slackware 10.2 and wvdial.

I am able to dial into my provider, but occaisionally I encounter difficulties dialling into a hotel server for example.

This is my /etc/wvdial.conf

[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttySL0
Baud = 460800
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Init3 = ATX3
ISDN = 0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Phone = ,whatever it is
Username = whatever it is
Password = whatever it is
Carrier Check = no
#NewPPPD = true
Stupid Mode = yes

I added the following to get things going. This may be of help, although you may require different modem commands.

Init3 = ATX3
, before the phone number
Carrier Check = no (smartlink soft modems require this)
Stupid Mode = yes (starts pppd in anycase)

Recommend a google search "The Hayes Modem Command Set", where you should find a complete guide to all the modem commands. This may be helpful for your particular configuration.

Try :

Linux About wvdial.conf and Linux Command wvdial lots of info.

I dont think I can put links in here so try googling.

Hope this helps.