Re: [LUG] modem woes

[Alex Charrett <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 12:59, Steve Marvell wrote:
> Hmmm
>
> So, I've been given this machine to be an office server and it's got
> this ISA (not PnP) modem in it that works fine.
>
> In order to get proper iptables to work, with proper NATting, I
> install the 2.4 kernel image.
>
> Now, the modem doesn't want to know.
>
> For testing I use wvdial, before getting pppd working on
> demand. wvdial just doesn't spot it at all. Total failure.
>
> So, I just let it run with pppd. That dials fine but hangs up whilst
> negotiating (ie. before any authentication).
>
> It does this consistently.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Steve

I think it's been across this list before that you need to upgrade ppp
when going from 2.2.x to 2.4.x, could that be it?

Alex.



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