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> >The dial up tool actually does dial the ISP and seemingly makes a
> >connection, I can ping the dynamically assigned IP address it gives me,
as
> >well as the IP of the dial up server on the ISP end (I got both IP
> >addresses from "ifconfig"), but I can't ping anywhere beyond that, and
> >can't ping anywhere by hostname at all (i.e. www.cnn.com or whatever).
>
> At this point, check your routing table:
>
> /sbin/route -n
>
> and see if you have a default route (line should start with 0.0.0.0). If
> not, that's the problem. See if there's an option in the dialing setup
tool
> to specify that the dialup connection should be the default route.
That did the trick. I checked the routing table before and after using the
dialer, and before and after using the debug tool. The dialer wasn't setting
the default route and debug was. There was an option in the dialer for "Make
this route the default route", and all was peachy after checking that
option. Thanks!
> >A second minor problem, my phone doesn't give a dial tone immediately; it
> >gives a series of 5-6 short beeps, which leads the modem to think there's
> >no dial tone and it refuses to dial.
>
> I only have a shot in the dark for that one. Try adding some commas to the
> beginning of the phone number. Each comma is a 0.5 second pause.
I tried the commas before the phone number, but that was too late in the
cycle of events I think; in other words the pause needs to come before the
modem sends the ATDT, rather than in between sending the ATDT and the phone
number. I haven't yet found the way to edit the commands being sent to the
modem; it must be in there somewhere I suspect.
> Tony
Thanks!
Paul Greene
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