On Sunday 25 January 2004 09:48 pm, The Other wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 02:49:05 -0800 (PST), Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have done alot of research on google. This problem
> > seems to be pretty widespread. I started with Knoppix
> > 3.2 and purchased an External Creative Modem Blaster
> > (I believe model 5621) because I could not get a
> > winmodem to work. With Knoppix 3.2 Creative Modem
> > worked. I installed Knoppix 3.2 to the harddrive and
> > it still worked. Then I decided to try Mandrake 9.2.
> > Thats when I started getting this error. I have since
> > gotten a copy of Knoppix 3.3 and it is having the same
> > trouble. I sent an email to the address provided on
> > the error page and this is what he wrote back:
> >
> > I'd like to help but I don't know what to make out of
> >
> > this error:
> >> 16 The link was terminated by the modem hanging
> >
> > up.
> >
> > If you ever find out, please tell me.
>
> 01/25/04
>
> I had this problem once when using 'kppp' (I've switched to 'wvdial').
>
> Suggestion 1) Turn on the modem's speaker so you can hear what's going
> on. Tell anyone nearby that this is *really* necessary. IIRC, the noise
> stops when the connection handshake is completed.
>
> Suggestion 2) Increase *every* timeout setting you can find in 'kppp'.
> My problem was that the default 'kppp' waiting for a connection handshake
> to complete was 30 seconds. It was taking my modem 45 seconds to complete
> the handshake with the ISP. Hence my modem was 'hanging up' because it
> was never getting through the handshake due to 'kppp' stopping the
> handshake process at 30 seconds. I set the 'kppp' waiting to connect
> parameter (or whatever it's called) to 60 seconds and the problem went
> away.
>
> HTH,
> The Other
there also may be setting for the modem init string that need to be passed,
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