On 10/19/05, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The modem has always been able to dial, and the ISP answers, it's after > that that things go pear shaped. > > In any case, what I found with "off hook" is that it does exactly that - > it activates the line and so removes the dial tone. Thus, when I try to > pon, the script fails due to the lack of dial tone. To avoid dilatone problem add x1 to your modem init string. -- L.V.Gandhi http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ linux user No.205042

