modem question

hanfamily at earthlink.net hanfamily at earthlink.net
Thu May 27 19:41:42 UTC 2004


<snip> 
> pppd does not dial, it uses a dialler or chat script to establish the 
> connection, then takes over after the modems are connected and you have 
> been authenticated, or if pppd is handling the authentication, it will 
> take over after the dial-up connection has been established.
> 
> So when pppd says the connect script failed, it means just that. 
> Whatever process is used to dial your ISP is failing with that modem. 
> I'm thinking it's simply an initialization string command one modem 
> accepts and the other doesn't.
> 
> I need to see the connect script/chat script/dialler logs before I can 
> see why.
> 
> Please find out what mechanism you are dialling with first.
> 
> Regards,
> Ed.
> 
> 
> 
>
it uses this chat-ppp0 script
 
'ABORT' 'BUSY'
'ABORT' 'ERROR'
'ABORT' 'NO CARRIER'
'ABORT' 'NO DIALTONE'
'ABORT' 'Invalid Login'
'ABORT' 'Login incorrect'
'' 'ATZ'
'OK' 'ATDT7422020'
'CONNECT' ''

        Thanks
          Linda





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