[ale] need working dialup

[Mark Wright]

I am not up yet.  I am running out of time and options though.  I 
wanted to get this box working for my mom before Christmas.

Since you seem to know a bit more about this let me throw some more 
information at you.

I am trying to connect two ways.  First using the network settings 
panel on Ubuntu's Gnome desktop I followed an excellent write up by 
someone on the Ubuntu web site using pppconfig but still had no 
success.  This dialer uses wvdial.

After beating my head against this for a few days I found another great 
write up by W.G. Unruh. (nothing to do with Ubuntu)  and I am using a 
terminal window to run the show with the following command.

/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS0 57600 debug connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v  ' ' 
ATZ OK ATDT6782454201 CONNECT '\d\c'"


I under stand most of this (because Unruh explains it).  The notable 
part is the use of chat instead of wvdial.  In his instructions he 
points out that by watching var/log/ppp I can learn how to modify this 
long command to successfully connect.  This command does not contain 
any UID or pwd information but it connects just as far and fails just 
like the wvdial through the network panel.  The network panel has the 
account info in it.  (User and pwd)  I have been assuming that none of 
the earthlink account data was getting passed at this point.

Right now since everyone I have talked to has had dial up working in 
the past (with older distros) I am thinking about installing mandrake 
9.2 or earlier to see if there is something to do with the 2.6 kernel 
that doesn't like Earthlink or US Robotics 56 modems.  I did like 
Ubuntu's minimal gnome gui.  My mom is using an old Mac and I think the 
gnome/Ubuntu look is Mac like and pretty.

Oh well.  Any advise or comments warmly welcomed.

Mark

On Dec 19, 2004, at 9:32 PM, Dow Hurst wrote:

> I meant that you authenticate in the chat script and not during PPP 
> negotiation.  Arrrghh!!!  Bad thought process and worse typing here...
>
> In DSL you authenticate during PPP setup and after LCP completes.  In 
> dialup you connect, authenticate in the chat script, then autostart 
> PPP, or look for a tilde in the next few frames of data from the 
> server to "see" that it is trying to start PPP.
>
> I've used the above method with wvdial and the full email address for 
> earthlink/mindspring for years.
> Dow
>
>
> Dow Hurst wrote:
>
>> Did you get it going?  LCP failure is before authentication on DSL 
>> but not on dialup since your chat script ought to authenticate you, 
>> IIRC.  For Earthlink you have to have your primary email address for 
>> the account as the login and the password as the password for that 
>> primary email account.   I don't see your login and password expect 
>> send pairs.  So your connected but not authenticated  so PPP is 
>> ignored at this point.  At least for earthlink, I would connect, 
>> authenticate, and the just start PPP on my own and forget waiting for 
>> the server to start PPP.  wvdial does a good job of this.  Also, you 
>> can demand dial in this situation.
>> Dow
>>
>>
>> Mark Wright wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>> I am exasperated. (ooh I even spelled it right)
>>>
>>> I have been trying for three months in my spare time to set up a 
>>> nice little Linux box for my mom.  She badly needs a replacement for 
>>> here Apple IIsi.  She is on dial up.  I am a computer professional.  
>>> Whatever that means.  I have been repairing Mainframes since 85.  I 
>>> used dial up back when every modem command and network option had to 
>>> be entered by hand on whatever tty device we were lucky enough to 
>>> have.  So why can't I get a Linux distro to connect to Earthlink?
>>>
>>> I have tried FC2, Mandrake 9.2, and 10.0, Knoppix 2.0, Linspire 4.5, 
>>> and Ubuntu.  I have two identical US robotics 56K modems that work 
>>> fine on any machine.  One of them was working on an OS2 box only a 
>>> few months ago.
>>>
>>> FC2 had a strange issue with the modem that I corrected via a tip I 
>>> found online.  All the others auto sense the modem and dial it 
>>> correctly without help.  I get to the same place with al the 
>>> different distos.
>>>
>>> From /var/log/message on Ubuntu:
>>>
>>> chat [24230]: send (ATST6782454201)
>>> chat [24230]:  expect (connect)
>>> chat [24230]:  ^M
>>> chat [24230]:  CONNECT
>>> chat [24230]:  - - got it
>>> chat [24230]:  send  (/d)
>>> pppd [24227]:  Serial connection established
>>> pppd [24227]:  Using interface ppp0
>>> pppd [24227]:  Connect :  ppp0  <--> /dev/ttyS0
>>> pppd [24227]:  LCP:  timeout sending config-Requests
>>> pppd [24227]:  Connection terminated
>>> pppd [24227]:  Hangup  (SIGHUP)
>>> pppd [24227]:  Exit .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have printed a three inch notebook full of HOW-TO's from the 
>>> internet.  I have followed many rabbit trails.  I have read ppp set 
>>> up instructions from 1996 but I have no answers.  I have tried to 
>>> set up my Speedfactory account with a local dial up number to verify 
>>> that it is not Earhtlink being funny.
>>>
>>> Is any one using a Linux machine with a modem.   I am willing to buy 
>>> an internal or another external or really anything that will make it 
>>> work.
>>>
>>> I have looked at every file associated with communication for config 
>>> and privileges but will gladly go over anything again.  If you have 
>>> a working configuration I would love to compare.  Sorry this is so 
>>> long but I am only scratching the surface.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mark Wright
>>>
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