dialup problem

Forum: Networking
Topic: dialup problem
started by: mirzasila

Posted by mirzasila on Dec. 01 2004,21:13

my modem is pctel hsp56 micromodem. I have configured ppp
but I still can't connect to the net.
It shows me this message:

Dec 1 21:43:14 box syslog.info -- MARK --

Dec 1 21:45:34 box local2.notice pppd[605]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root,
uid 0
Dec 1 21:45:34 box authpriv.notice sudo: root : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/ramdisk/home/dsl ;
USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages

Dec 1 21:45:35 box local2.err chat[606]: Can't get terminal parameters: Input/output error

Dec 1 21:45:35 box local2.err pppd[605]: Connect script failed
Dec 1 21:45:36 box local2.info pppd[605]: Exit.

what is the problem, is it modem driver?

Posted by roberts on Dec. 01 2004,21:21

Sorry, you don't have a real modem. It is a winmodem. Therefore you will need additional sofware drives, that really should be in the modem.

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Posted by CyburNetiks on Dec. 02 2004,00:44

Hey, i'm using DSL on my sony vaio pcg-182 laptop and the modem won't work. Don't go and tell me it's a winmodem, because it's not, i had the modem working in freebsd 4.2 (which has no winmodem support), but i need linux so i can mount a usb device for school. it is using windows com port 2 (ttyS1) but i don't get a connect. you can reach me at cybur_netiks@Phreaker.net put the subject as damn small linux modem. thanks.

Posted by caulktel on Dec. 02 2004,00:55

With an attitude like that, I can see why he's unregistered.

Posted by cbagger01 on Dec. 02 2004,03:03

First step.

try all of the available COM ports for your modem

/dev/ttyS0
/dev/ttyS1
/dev/ttyS2
/dev/ttyS3

I know this sounds stupid but sometimes the modems and serial ports get mapped to a different device name than is expected.

Posted by ico2 on Dec. 02 2004,14:21

winmodems=evil

Posted by CyburNetiks on Dec. 04 2004,00:10

Quote (caulktel @ Dec. 01 2004,19:55)

With an attitude like that, I can see why he's unregistered.

Attitude? first, i've been to other linux forums and they'll argue with me forever that it *must* be a winmodem, and second, i'm unregistered because i don't intend to post here often. If i start posting more often, i'll sign up. By the way cbagger01, thanks, but i've already tried that, this is really confusing me, i'll probably end up switching to a more mainstream linux like slackware or something.

Posted by cbagger01 on Dec. 04 2004,04:00

Since DSL is based on knoppix which is based on Debian, it is unlikely that these distros will see your modem either.

However, slackware uses a different kernel and configuration tool so it might work fine.

Maybe you can try out slackware by using the SLAX livecd. I have never used it, but it is supposed to be quite good.

Posted by ryptyde on Dec. 05 2004,16:41

I know for certain that getting a "dial-up" connection can be a real pain. I had the same problem connecting to the net,like none of the options listed would not work.

To quote cbagger01

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...well instead of choosing one of the listed COM ports I edited one of the selections to read "/dev/ttyS4" and was able to make a dial-up connection.My modem is an internal US Robotics model 5610B.I have used this modem with success with other distros but have found that every distro seems a bit different to configure.