> It used to work OK but is now taking 3 + attempts to connect.
> Anyone have any ideas.
Try this as your /etc/ppp/options - works for me with that modem
=== cut here ===
lock
noauth
defaultroute
ipcp-max-configure 65
ipcp-accept-local
ipcp-accept-remote
idle 600
=== cut here ===
Cheers
John
Thanks John
I put that in on Thursday morning and tried it three times during the
day. It connected first time every time. I typed out a reply and got
called away in the middle of it. Came back a few minutes later and went
to send it.... but it had dropped the line again. This time it would not
connect again. Sounds like it was having trouble negotiating protocols.
I have a speaker on the phone line as part of my job is fixing modems to
component level. These ones aren't plug in!
No involvement on software level!
I had tried another modem in before when I had the problem of not
connecting and had no joy, then the hard drive gave up. Went from tap
tap to get it to start spinning at times to suddenly can't
find /dev/HDD... during use. Might be worth swapping the modem again
when I get time.
" If you want to try Ubuntu, I wrote a script to get this modem set up
under
it which you may find handy. Of course, I make no guarantees regarding
my
scripting abilities...
Regards,
Bnonn "
Thanks Bnonn
I got the modem working under Breezy already. It was well written up on
the Ubuntu wiki. I also got it working on the updated kernel, I just
have to figure out how to stop it from connecting during boot, about the
time in the sequence it says " Setting the clock to ntp Ubuntu... it
starts to dial, before log in! Then asks for password to disconnect :-)
Thanks anyway I will keep playing with it and see what hapens
Regards David Bowen
