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To: "Jerry Bell" <jerry@reillyplating.com>
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Subject: Re: External modem/ ppp problem 
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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> I am having difficulty setting up a ppp dial-in using an external modem. 
> The problem is, using the same configuration files, it works with an
> internal modem.  
> I should note that I can connect to the extenal modem with cu and send it
> at commands, and I can dial in to my ISP with it, but it fails on incoming
> connections.  Winders 95 tells me that it 'could not negotiate a set of
> compatible protocols'.
> 
> Can anyone point me in a direction to look for the problem. 

You'll have to read the modem's manual and figure out how to put it 
into a "good" state by default.  You may need to lock your DTR speed.

The current version of ppp has a "set hangup" command for 
``reconditioning'' your modem if it's not able to reset itself on 
hangup.

If Winders wasn't happy with it, it indicates that the AT commands 
are something you'll have to go through one by one :-O

> Thanks,
> 
> Jerry Bell
> jerry@reillyplating.com
> 

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