On 08-May-98 Paul Lilley wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I'm currently in Spain and am trying to set up a PPP dial-out from my very
> recently setup RH5.0 box.
> I've got an internal Dataflex PC Comms office 28.8 modem on COM3 (/dev/ttyS2
> and cua2) for which I reset the IRQs (using auto_irq) on both /dev/ttyS2 and
> /dev/cua2 in rc.serial.
>
> I'm fairly confident that the modem is set up correctly as I can talk to it
> & dial out using Kermit.
>
> But...my current internet connection is through an account provided by a
> Spanish bank, which I access through Infovia (an arrangement where you can
> dial 055 from anywhere in the country to access your ISP or other service -
> see http:://www.telefonica.es/infint/queesinf.htm though it will help if you
> can read Spanish!).
>
> The problem I have is that when I dial 055 using Kermit I get NO CARRIER
> despite the fact that if I listen in on the phone I can hear what sounds
> like a 'normal' dial-up conversation. I have, I think (it was some time and
> several attempts ago) got a response on one occasion which looked like
> CONNECT 28800 but I have not been able to repeat this.
> I note that the PPP-Howto mentions passive PPP servers but I'm not sure if
> that is what I've got here.
>
> Win95 connects through what appears to be a normal PPP link with no Chap/Pap
> on it.
>
> I'd be really grateful for any help/suggestions or to hear of any other
> (maybe Spanish which I can read ok and write with a lot of help from my
> girlfriend) mailing lists for RedHat5.0 PPP.
>
> TIA
I would recommend browsing the init string used by Win95 when it uses the modem.
Seeing as how the modem manufacturers provide these to MS, they must be the right
init strings to use. Fortunately, there's no NDA for AT sequences. ;) So just
borrow the Win95 init string and insert them into your chat script.
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Steve Borho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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