[wellylug] modem not connecting

[Lyndsay Mountfort]

Steven Mulvay wrote:

> Hi All,
> Does anyone on this list connect to the internet through Linux using a
> dial up modem with KPPP? I have bought a new PCMIA card modem.  It is
> a full hardware modem and Kubuntu detects it correctly. When I try to
> connect, however, it dials and then fails during the last part of the
> connection. I have no idea as to why it fails as no error message gets
> reported and for some reason the  logs are blank. I have tried every
> authentication protocol available to me without success. The available
> choices are PAP, PAP/CHAP, CHAP, Terminal Based, and Login Script. I
> have not been able to try login Script as I have not got a login
> script on my computer. Do you think a login script will solve my
> problems? The ISP I am trying to connect to is Paradise. Any help will
> be greatly appreciated. I need to get the modem working so I can 
> install some new applications using apt-get over the holidays. 
>  
> Cheers,
> Steve
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Have you attempted the connection on more than one occasion? And making
lots of attempts? I connect to Paradise via dialup and kppp, with a DSE
PCMCIA modem. But quite often over the last few months I've had failed
logins, for no apparent reason. Sometimes KPP reports a login failure -
as in wrong username/login; sometimes it just times out. I suspect some
dodgy modems at the Paradise end, but have no direct evidence for this
supposition other than the fact that mostly it works but sometimes it
doesn't. The most annoying experience is when it fails and I'm using
hotel/motel phone lines where I'm charged exorbitantly per call. But I
must add I haven't had a problem in the last couple of weeks.

But the settings I use are just all the KPPP defaults I think. No
script, PAP/CHAP authentication. So it *should* work, if the modem is
set up properly.

Ah, one other thing I remember - I had to turn off hardware flow control
with this modem. Only to get uploads working properly, not to correct
connection failures. But it might be worth a try.

Lyndsay