[ale] newbie: modem configuration

[Joe Knapka]

Nick,

Dial in using minicom. When you get through the login process, do
"Exit without reset" from minicom, then start pppd, and you should
be connected. You will need to take the "connect" option out of
your /etc/ppp/options file for this to work, since you've already
made the physical connection and you -don't- want ppp to use chat
to do so.

When you do it this way, you can also use the "-detach" command-line
argument to pppd to make it send its output to the window you started
it from. That way you might be able to figure out why it has problems
connecting, and figure out what other options you need to add or remove.
Once you've ironed out all the problems, put the "connect"
back in the options file and away you go.

HTH,

-- Joe

Nick Robinson wrote:
> 
> At 06:28 PM 12/29/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> 
> > Hmm... perhaps the text "ogin:" doesn't appear when dialing in??
>         It doesn't appear except as last line below:
> >> Dec 29 12:14:07 nicknackr chat[729]:ATDT4450159^M
> >> Dec 29 12:14:07 nicknackr chat[729]:CONNECT
> >> Dec 29 12:14:07 nicknackr chat[729]:-got it
> >> Dec 29 12:14:07 nicknackr chat[729]:send (^M)
> >> Dec 29 12:14:07 nicknackr chat[729]:expect (ogin:)
> 
> >Perhaps pppd is timing out too soon.
>         How do I fix that?  That's the TIMEOUT parameter?  Increase it from 5?
> 
> > Can you establish a ppp connection using minicom?
>         As a matter of fact, yes, since sending my last email to you and the list,
> I have connected twice using minicom.  But of course, it prompts you for
> login and for password.
>         Then it told me I was establishing a PPP session, then it showed my ip
> address, then it showed MTU 1534.
>         For the life of me I don't know how to use minicom.  I went to Netscape,
> but it still didn't work (being able access web pages).
>         So, basically, I can't dial in using pppd, but I can using minicom, which,
> at this point, is worthless to me.
> 
>         Am I having fun yet?
>         Thanks for the help everyone.  I'm farther along, but the prize is still
> on the other side of the fence.
> 
> Nick R.
> 
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