Dial up failed
Nofriyadi Nurdam
nofri at luk.or.id
Fri Sep 17 02:17:47 UTC 2004
Hi Rick,
Thanks for Your attention.
I use the US Robotic 56K Faxmodem.
What could you please tell me what i have to do with IP address and
/etc/resolve.conf?
Rick Stevens writes:
> Nofriyadi Nurdam wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I've tried dial up connection with wvdial. But it was connected and
>> direct disconnected.
>> Exit status = 10
>> It means:
>> The PPP negotiation failed, that is, it didnot reach the point
>> where at least one network protocol (e.g. IP) was running.
>> With ifconfig, i've received only eth0 and lo without ppp0.
>> Could someone tell me how to bring up the ppp0?
>
> Are you certain your system supports your modem? If you have a
> "winmodem", the odds are great that it flat won't work. You have to
> make sure you have a driver that supports your modem. If minicom
> can't access the modem, then wvdial can't either.
>
> My suggestion: spend the $50 and buy a REAL modem. You know...the kind
> that plugs into a serial port. Winmodems are bloody evil beasts.
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