From: David O'Callaghan (ocalladw at domain tcd.ie)
Date: Wed 04 Sep 2002 - 13:05:58 IST
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 12:55:13PM +0100, Matthew Gaylard wrote:
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> After dialling it waits for OK, and sometimes returns "BLACKLISTED".
> I'm dialling into eircom using one of their "free" dialup accounts.
The "BLACKLISTED" thing is internal to the modem: it will blacklist
a number after several unsuccessful connection attempts. I don't
know how to clear the blacklist, off the top of my head.
> The phone cable's fine - I've tested it from my laptop. The account is fine, I can connect using it.
> I'm running Red Hat 7.3 and am using the Kppp dialler.
> The Red Hat Internet Configuration Wizard doesn't seem to work - it doesn't detect the modem, and won't use /dev/ttyS0.
> The computer also has a crappy winmodem installed, but seeing my initial success with Kppp, I don't see how this could be a problem.
> You may well want to know why I don't get my ass into gear and dive into /etc/ppp and do things by hand. Part of the reason is that my wife needs to use this computer and will NOT connent to the Internet from the command line without throwing a tantrum and making disparaging comparisons to other OS's. The other part is that I know precious little about chat scripts.
> Any advice appreciated. Even links to good web-sites about chat scripts if it comes to that.
Maybe try wvdial. It is a command line tool, but very easy to
configure and use.
David
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