Re: [newbie] I am having problems with my modem

[Charles A Edwards]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Thurston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] I am having problems with my modem


> I do have a serial mouse, but the modem is on COMM3.  I actually found the
> modem now, and Linux says "initializing modem"  but it never even dials.
I
> can not figure out what is wrong.  When I go in to query the modem, it
finds
> it, then runs through about 7 different tests but nothing ever shows up in
> the results.


Mark
   I had a simular problem with an external modem and was able to fix it by
the following.
   Open kppp/setup/modem and then Modem Commands. Use the slider control to
increase Pre-Init Delay from 50 to 100 and also increase Post-Init Delay
from 50 to 100.
   Good luck

   Charles