[ILUG] pppd on a pabx

[Patrick Dempster]

On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, P.J. Ryan wrote:

> Can anybody help me to configure pppd. My telephone line is through a pabx
> and I need to dial 9 before I can get an outside line. The internal dial
> tone results in No Dialtone (on minicom anyway). It just keeps retrying but
> never dialling. I need to dial ATDP 9 and then I can dial tone (ATDT) from
> there. I can hear the internal dial tone no problem.

try ATDP 9,,,,the number you want to dial

the comma's cause most comms software to insert a delay 

Regards,
Patrick Dempster

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