[ale] Re: ppp dialup script / need working dialup

[Dow Hurst]

Ahhhh!  Disregard my reply then since I hadn't seen this post yet.  
Great news!  You might check the DIP switches on the US Robotics modem 
and set it to default values if it isn't.
Dow


Mark Wright wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> I think your advice was right on but I could not get that command sent 
> to the modem during init.  Every time I included it in the init string 
> the modem failed to dial.  So I got desperate and dug around in the 
> basement till I found a Microcom 28.8 modem.  I swapped it out and 
> guess what?  It works!  Slow as molasses but it works!
>
> Dow, I imagine you had me on the right track too.  The US Robotics 
> modem was not connecting right and my authorization was never 
> occurring.  I did not have the data to see that the US Robotics and 
> whatever Earthlink has were just not getting along.
>
> I'll post a solution to the other email thread so it will be easy to 
> follow for anyone needing a solution like this from the archives.
>
> Thanks to all again for the help,
>
> Merry Christmas!
>
> Mark
>
> On Dec 25, 2004, at 6:23 PM, deritchie at earthlink.net wrote:
>
>>
>> Assuming that this a Sportster, try connecting to the port and 
>> sending an AT&B1 to fix the DTE
>> speed on the RS-232 port.
>>
>> -- Dave
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Wright <mpwright at speedfactory.net>
>> Sent: Dec 23, 2004 6:13 PM
>> To: deritchie at earthlink.net
>> Subject: Re: ppp dialup script
>>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> The modem is a US Robotics 56K faxmodem.  I have two of them and have
>> swapped them around with no differing results.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On Dec 23, 2004, at 4:54 PM, deritchie at earthlink.net wrote:
>>
>>> Mark,
>>>
>>>    one other thing.. what kind of modem are you using to make this
>>> connection to your ISP? If I can
>>> see a manual I can look to see what is on line... but this definitely
>>> looks like a speed mismatch problem -
>>> the characters after the chat are probably 'login:" as some strange
>>> speed.....
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Dave Ritchie
>>> 770-303-6776 w
>>> 404-483-0762 c
>>> 770-565-5297 h
>>>
>>> deritchie@(earthlink.net|yahoo.com)
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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