modem blues

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note that cable internet is quite often better then dsl...if at all possible
I'd highly recommend you use cable broadband instead of dsl...

On 4/16/06, Jimmy Montague <rhetoric101 at att.net> wrote:
>
> Antonio Olivares wrote:
> > --- Jimmy Montague <rhetoric101 at att.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Antonio Olivares wrote:
> >>
> >>> --- Jimmy Montague <rhetoric101 at att.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I'm baaaaaack!
> >>>>
> >>>> Now I've got Fedora bootloader working, I've got
> >>>>
> >> a
> >>
> >>>> holnuther problem:
> >>>> FC5 doesn't detect my modem. I've queried every
> >>>> location offered in the
> >>>> KPPP menu and shot craps every time.
> >>>>
> >>>> The device is an external USR hardware modem.
> >>>>
> >> It's
> >>
> >>>> plugged into a USB
> >>>> port. Xandros detected the modem at location
> >>>>
> >> "Comm
> >>
> >>>> 8", if that means
> >>>> anything here. How can I get Fedora to find the
> >>>> hardware and use it?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for any help.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jimmy
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Jimmy,
> >>>    Become superuser
> >>> $ su -
> >>> psswd: *****
> >>> # wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
> >>>
> >>> will scan the modem ports till it finds a valid
> >>>
> >> ones.
> >>
> >>> After it finds it use that one in KPPP.  Refer to
> >>> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/post-install.html
> >>>
> >>> for help/other issues when using wvdial.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Antonio
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >> Thanks Antonio. I did as you suggested. KPPP now
> >> finds the modem and
> >> probes it correctly, but I don't seem able to create
> >> a dialup connection
> >> correctly. Which is to say, I create the dialup
> >> connection and tell then
> >> KPPP to dial it. KPPP then goes to work -- and
> >> nothing happens. I don't
> >> hear dial tones or any other sounds coming out of
> >> the modem. Bye and
> >> bye, KPPP itself disappears from the screen AND the
> >> task bar, and no
> >> connection is ever made. So I'm still lost.
> >>
> >> Thanks for trying.
> >>
> >> Jimmy
> >>
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> >>
> >
> > Let us not give up so easy.  Could you do the
> > following so we can determine what other things we can
> > do
> >
> > $ su -
> > pswd: ***
> > # lsusb -v
> >
> > send us that information, and
> > # dmesg
> >
> > The other thing to do and try is to use wvdial in the
> > meantime edit the file /etc/wvdial.conf add your
> > username, psswd:, phone number and make a script
> >
> > # script wvdialtest.log
> > # wvdial
> >
> > # exit
> > script created on .....
> >
> > attach the script and hopefully we can get to the root
> > of the problem.
> >
> > Before I forget, when you need to use the modem to
> > connect to the internet and you are also on a network,
> > please run
> > # ifconfig eth0 down
> > and try to connect again.  This is a little thing that
> > makes a big difference.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Antonio
> >
> >
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> >
> My apologies to you, Antonio, but I'm blowing out of this thread. Reason
> being that I got a card from my phone company yesterday. They told me
> they're offering broadband service now. So I signed up this morning. I
> get my high-speed modem delivered by UPS on the 19th and service starts
> on the 20th. So I'm going to hook up through a network card and a DSL
> modem next Friday. I see no reason, then, to put you (or me) through any
> more of this pain when, FC5 being the way it is, I may have to ask the
> list for networking help next week.
>
> Thanks for your trouble. I don't want to give you any more trouble.
>
> Jimmy
>
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