Terry Maton wrote: > > I am new user and I am having a real problem connecting to my isp. > First yes I do have a win modem and from what I hear it isnt a good > start. But onto the problem, when I run the logs for chat script I get > down to the "expect ok" then I get "alarm" then "failed" > Then the system says "pppconnect script failed" > "exit". > ANy help you can give I would appreciate, I talked to a user on irc > and he suspects "no carrier" but I am using the same system with win98 > . HELP! > Terry Marton >
<disclaimer> These opinions are mine, and have nothing to do with the Linux community </disclaimer> Sorry bud, but your winmodem isn't really a modem. From what i understand, it is a chopped down sound card that needs special drivers to understand what the phone line is telling it. These drivers are PROPRIETARY ie secret. It seems that no-one in the Linux community is willing/able to write drivers for these. Not that I blame them its like playing darts blindfolded on a turntable, you may hit the target....but only by trial an error. and to boot you won't even know if you have hit it. Jeff Katcher
