On 09/23/2006 07:42 AM, M-L wrote:
On Saturday 23 September 2006 19:43, Mumia W.. shared this with us all:
On 09/23/2006 04:14 AM, M-L wrote:
Using Debian Etch,
Acer 3614WLCi laptop
Maestro Woomera modem through a USB to RS232 cable.
The modem is connected to the ISP but the system has dropped off the
modem connection.
The modem shows it's connected and yet the laptop isn't connected to
it. I try to run "pon" again. Nothing. I try "poff" It tells me there
is no connection running.
I manually switch off the modem, switch it on again, the modem tells
me it's intelligent. I type "pon" into a terminal, and the modem says
dialling, and does so and connects again. The lappy picks it up, and
is again connected.
Something to do with PPP in Etch?
Would appreciate any help.
TIA,
Charlie
Can you talk to the modem using minicom?
I often use minicom to help me test basic modem functionality, such as
the ability to send AT commands and receive modem responses.
In minicom, you're typically talking to the modem, and if you say "AT"
to the modem, it should respond "OK"; if you say "ATI", the modem should
respond with its identification, for example, "SupraFax 33.6i"
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Yes. The modem answers and connects, but the system doesn't read it. Connected
on minicom, and browsers can't get onto the net, and nothing else either.
Thanks for your help.
Check if the firewall is blocking it.
I use pppd to connect to the Internet. Some people use pppoe. If you use
the debug option of pppd (-debug) you'll get debugging output sent to
/var/log/syslog.
I also use 'chat' to make the initial connection between pppd and the
modem device. Chat has a verbose option (-v) that sends chat's input and
output strings to /var/log/messages. If you use wvdial in place of chat,
see if it has a verbose or debugging option and use it.
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