Paul If you know the model/make of your modem, try iiNet's modem support pages at http://www.iinet.com.au/support/modems/index.html
They have a very comprehensive listing of initialisation strings. You will however need to enter the string specific to your modem into the proper config file (I'm an old wvdail user, not sure about kppp but it should be in the man page). There's also a good page on Hayes AT Commands (the 'standard' modem command set) at http://www.lisa.univ-paris12.fr/Electronik/Hayes.htm Minicom is a good idea, to test to see if the modem is responding at all... You can also echo commands directly to the com-port from within a terminal. # echo AT > /dev/ttyS0 and look for the response. Good luck, and I hope it's not a winmodem cos they're nasty pieces of work... Cheers Michael -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jobst Schmalenbach Sent: Wednesday, 28 May 2003 12:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Re email On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 10:11:56PM +1000, Paul Maloney ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, > > It's the pest again, sorry for being such a pest, but I have tried > everything that I know and have had no success connecting to internet. Dont worry about that. > > My ISP who is austarnet suggested that I check my modem drivers I have a problem with ISP people refering to "drivers" automatically as they are tow possible different modems: * winmodems (which do need drivers and usually only work inn Windows) * Comport based modems (which do not required drivers at all other then the correct setup strings) What type of modem do you have? * A PCI modem (the ones you stick into the computer into the PCI bus) Here you have two versions: + A winmodem which requires drivers (usually indicated by a very small chip and not much more + A comport based modem (there are 2 companies I know that build those type, one is Melbourne based) * An external modem connected to your COM port? * An older type ISA based modem It would help to tell us the type of modem you have ......... > When I try to connect using kppp it informs me that it cannot find > "/dev/ttyS0" and when I set it to /dev/ttyS1 it inform me that the > modem is ready then it says sorry the modem does not respond. I suggest you install a program called "minicom" (if not already installed) and run it with "minicom -o", then do a "CTRL-A o" and set it up. There is lots of documentation in /usr/share/doc/minicomXXXX where XXXX is your version number. Once done you can check the modem with commands like AT<enter> and it should return OK jobst -- People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost. - Bertolt Brecht __, Jobst Schmalenbach, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Technical Director _ _.--'-n_/ Barrett Consulting Group P/L & The Meditation Room P/L -(_)------(_)= +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
