well, I had notice of some modems that were capable of silent dialing. My one is, I think. I have a supra 33.6 diamond, isa. Its possible that there is an option to enable/disable that. im not sure
On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm wondering if there is a way to perform a hardware check on my internal > modem under Debian. > > I first started having trouble with it when I was still running Windoze, > but suspected it was a crummy cable. Right arond the time I installed > Debian I got DSL, so didn't install any dialup capabilities. Now I've > moved and won't have DSL for at least a few weeks, and can't seem to > connect out. > > I've installed ppp and pppconfig from my potato CDs, and was following > instructions I found in -Running Linux-, 3rd ed., but the best I got was > this message: > > "The remote system is required to authenticate itself but I couldn't find > any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so. (None of the > available passwords would let it use an IP address)." > > ... one source of confusion for me is that I have yet to hear a dial tone! > That is why I am looking for a simple way to test my modem, if there is > one. > > Thanks in advance for any hints. > > Glenn Becker > > +----------------+ > http://www.burningclown.com > "Everyone's Portal to Nothing At All" > +----------------+ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
