setting up modem in FC3
Langer, Christian
clanger at Tnstate.edu
Tue Jan 11 17:34:28 UTC 2005
Yes I hear the brief dial tone. Modem speaker is on, I guess if you can
hear the noises.
Chris Langer
User Services Librarian
Tennessee State University Downtown Campus
Nashville TN 37203
615-963-7187
clanger at tnstate.edu
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[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Tony Dietrich
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:22 AM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: setting up modem in FC3
Silly question perhaps, but when you initiate the dialup, is the modem
speaker
on, and do you hear a brief dial-tone before the dialing commences?
If not, then the prime suspect is the cable between the modem and the
telephone socket.
Tony
On Tuesday 11 Jan 2005 16:39, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Di, den 11.01.2005 schrieb Langer, Christian um 17:30:
> > I installed an external modem on my Dell Pc and the the modem was
> > recognized fine; but when I do the network setup, the modem dials
the
> > number fine, and then several seconds of silence, and then redials.
This
> > cycle repeats as long as you let it, but never connects My isp
password
> > and username are correct. Could this be an isp problem, or am I
missing
> > something?
> >
> > Chris Langer
>
> It would be helpful to see the corresponding syslog messages by pppd
in
> /var/log/messages. Easiest way to observe the syslog is to run "tail
-f
> /var/log/messages" in a terminal while in your case trying to dial in.
> You may activate "debug" and "kdebug=4" for the pppd to get more
verbose
> output.
>
> Alexander
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Tony Dietrich
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