Dial up failed

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 07:17:15AM +0000, Nofriyadi Nurdam wrote:
> Sorry Rick. Pardon, i don't understand what is winmodem. And what is REAL 
> modem?
> Could you tell me please the differents between them?
> Thanks very, very much. 

http://www.rhil.net/docs/faq.html#winmodem

> 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.
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >- Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer     rstevens at vitalstream.com -
> >- VitalStream, Inc.                       http://www.vitalstream.com -

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