[ILUG] pppd,dialup problems

[Niall]

On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 05:12:59PM +0100, Emmanuel Stone wrote:
> i've been having problems with my nolimits dialup under linux for a few
> months. I recently reinstalled rh6.1 and it still does not appear to be
> working. I think it might be dns servers or something similar but i
> could be completely wrong. (all is fine under win so it's definitly my
> fault).
> 
> here is output of wvdial 
> 
> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.40
> Initializing modem.
> Sending: ATZ
> ATZ OK
> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0
> ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0 OK
> Modem initialized.
> Sending: ATDT 1332103001235
> Waiting for carrier.
> ATDT 1332103001235 CONNECT 115200
> Carrier detected.  Waiting for prompt.
> 

This is curious. Use nolimits with no problems (apart from their price
increase) although I usually use kppp to connect. However, I use wvdial
sometimes too and I just tried it again and here's my output

--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.40
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0
ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 S11=55 +FCLASS=0
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT,1332103001235
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT,1332103001235
PROTOCOL: LAP-M
COMPRESSION: V.42BIS
CONNECT 28800/ARQ
--> Carrier detected.  Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Sat Apr  1 22:49:30 2000

Note that for me pppd is started immediately, while for you
wvdial waits for a prompt. I'm no wvdial expert, because it's always worked
for me (you can only become an expert when things don't work) but I had a
look at my wvdial.conf and I have a line 

Stupid Mode = 1

My reading of the wvdial manual leads me to believe that that may be exactly
what you need - suck it and see.



Kindest regards,


Niall  O Broin