At the risk of raising a basic issue (I feel like I am asking you if it's plugged in) are you using a WIN modem. Linux requires a special kind of modem that controls the flow in and out of the computer. A Hayes modem or most external modems will work. The sort of dial up modem that comes with with off the shelf Windows computers most likely will not.
I think that a Win modem will come close enough to get the dialing sound followed by the system trying to log on, then that is as far as you will get. On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 18:36 -0400, Adam wrote: > James E. LaBarre wrote: > > Some time back I had brought up the issue of trying to get BestWeb > > dialup working with Linux (Ubuntu). Some people here had said they > > had it working, was wondering what tricks someone might have had for > > fixing it. > > > > From what I can gather from trying it out again over the weekend, the > > dialer (wvdial, GnomePPP, tried both of those) can establish a > > connection to the BestWeb POP, will get the IP number (DHCP) and will > > set the DNS, but then it can't establish routes. Beyond that, I don't > > know what I should be looking for. > > I used BestWeb dialup until '07. IIRC I just had to set up kppp > (comparable to wvdial) with their phone number and my username and > password, and had everything else either use the defaults or whatever > the host specified. Then when I wanted to connect, I invoked kppp, and > once I got connected I started up my web/mail client. This was under > Mandrake/Mandriva with KDE. > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > May 4 - Inkscape > Jun 1 - Zimbra > Jul 6 - Jul 2011 -- Mark Robert Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 Telephone: (845) 566-0586 _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium May 4 - Inkscape Jun 1 - Zimbra Jul 6 - Jul 2011
