> The modem from 'lspci' is 'Agere Systems LT WinModem'. Most of those should be good.
> gives the error: 'Timeout expired while waiting for the PPP interface to come > up'. ppp.log is (timestamps removed): > sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0xc18f43f> <pcomp> <accomp>] Negotiation stage with your ISP. > Terminating on signal 15 > sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "User request"] > sent [LCP TermReq id=0x3 "User request"] > Connection terminated These lines are intermixed and must have come from different processes. The signal 15 (TERM) probably comes from kppp, to clean up a supposedly hung process pppd. So either kppp gives up too early, or pppd takes too long to establish a connection. Can you see any text strings which look like a login prompt, or some clear text identification from your ISP in the logs? If not, then your modem hardware driver is not working properly and no data is exchanged over the link with your ISP. If yes, your login is failing. Assuming your user code and password are correct, you may have the wrong authentication protocol, or wvdial is failing to detect the login prompt. Try setting wvdial's stupid mode to the other state. Above is my best guess. Btw is this inet.net.nz ? They claim they have a very user-friendly help desk... Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
