[ILUG] wvdial.conf etc

[Conor Daly]

Paddy Buckley wrote:
> 
> I'm just after setting up a linux box in work at the moment, and have a
> modem connection to the internet. However, I have a couple of problems.
> Once the connection gets up and running tis fine, but it usually takes 20
> or 30 attempts before the ISP validates the password and username, for no
> apparent reason. Is this just caused by an overload at the ISP or whats
> the story. Also, because of the need to keep trying until validated, I
> just start wvdial running and let it off until the connection is
> validated. However, the interval between attempts keeps doubling. First it
> waits 5 seconds for a reconnect, then 10 and so on. How can I set this to
> be a fixed value, so , try recoonecting every 10 second or so?
> Thanks all
> Paddy
> 

Ah Ha!!

I seem to remember a colleague having a similar problem.  His problem
turned out to be that he had reinstalled something and had lost the
"dynamic" setting in his ppp options or something like that.  His box
was remembering the last IP Address it had been assigned before the
reinstall and was assuming that was the IP it was to use for the ISP. 
He could only get connected when the IP address assigned by the ISP
matched the one his machine was using.  Have a look at your ppp or
wvdial configuration and see if you need to tell one or the other to use
Dynamic Ip addressing. 

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Conor Daly

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