Re: [SLUG] modem help

From: Glen (gurensan@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Mon Dec 31 2001 - 15:57:54 EST


When I used to see this it was because I had the pppd timeout set too short,
so it would make the connection and then wait for less than a second before
killing pppd. Try setting it to 30 seconds or so. If I'm wrong, at least I
tried :)

        Glen

On Monday 31 December 2001 15:12, you wrote:
> I hope someone can help me with this. I'm trying to get a US Robotics modem
> to work on my laptop with linux so I can pull M$ off of it completely.
>
> The problem I'm having probably isn't with the modem, I'm able to dial out
> and it appears to connect, but then pppd dies.
>
> The messages I'm seeing in the log are:
>
> ATZ
> OK
> ATM1L1
> OK
> ATDT7278127000
> CONNECT 31200/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS
>
> Than at the bottom "Starting pppd". It sits for awhile then I get a message
> that pppd has died.
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction on this, if more info is needed
> please feel free to ask.
>
> Thanks,
> Carson
>
> Carson R. Wilcox
> Senior Consultant
> DMR Consulting
> Tampa, FL USA
>
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