Re: modem

["Adam Williams" <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 18,  7:29pm, Jeff Parish wrote:
> Subject: modem
> I am trying to connect to net-link for the first time with Linux.  I have
> gotten a message from minicom that I am connected, but I am not.
>  I have run pppd as net-link suggested, and I have used the email
> from Adam to write the /etc/ppp/option: ... files.  I have a Amquest
> AM56HCFSP modem.  (I am going to call Amquest tomorrow.)
> Does anyone have a suggestion for what I should do next?

If you can dial with Minicom,  the problem is not your modem.  Why are you
using minicom?  Edit your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0 file
according to netlinks login sequence and let pppd do the dialing for you.

If you have a /etc/ppp/options/peers/isp file like:

ttyC7 115200
#crtscts
connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0'
:192.168.3.1
demand
idle 350
ipcp-accept-remote
ipcp-accept-local
holdoff 10

You can simply do a "pppd call isp".

You only need to modify the chat script and then the first line to be the
device and connect speed of your modem.  And the :192.168.3.1 with the IP
address of your ethernet card if you have one and want to use demand dial.
 Replace the "demand" with "persist" if you want to control your ppp connection
manually (i.e. take it down with a killall -15 pppd)