[wellylug] modem not connecting

[Donald Rogers]

>Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:06:40 +1300
>From: Steven Mulvay <steven.mulvays.groups at paradise.net.nz>
>Subject: [wellylug] modem not connecting
>To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
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>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 what may be a similar problem with Ubuntu (5.04 or 5.10) and 
kppp. I can dial in to IHUG using my external modem (not PCMCIA) and 
when I get there /sbin/ifconfig shows that ppp is connected, and gives 
me IHUG's IP number which I can ping okay, but Firefox finds nothing. In 
other distros with kppp (Mandriva2005, 2006, Suse10.0) there's no 
problem. That's why I never use Ubuntu.

Donald Rogers