From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 30 21:10:43 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA07745 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 Dec 1995 21:10:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from io.org (io.org [142.77.70.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA07739 for ; Sat, 30 Dec 1995 21:10:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.io.org (dyna-19.net7b.io.org [204.92.49.19]) by io.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA06892; Sun, 31 Dec 1995 00:10:07 -0500 Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 00:10:07 -0500 Message-Id: <199512310510.AAA06892@io.org> X-Sender: scouch@io.org X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) From: Stephen Couchman Subject: Re: iijpp STILL cannot talk to my modem :-(( Cc: jbarrm@panix.com, questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I am able to use cu and tip with this device and modem without noticeable problems. Just to be sure, I tried again. I used "cu -p port4" where port4 is setup as a direct connect to the modem. I typed 'AT' and 'ATZ' and got back 'OK' in both cases. I then exitted cu, and confirmed that the lock file had been removed. I then tried 'ppp myisp' and 'show modem' to confirm that everything was setup to talk to the correct device (/dev/cuaa1) and the modem. (BTW, outq showed 0 at this point). I then typed 'term' and typed 'AT' and ATZ' with no response. After typing '~.' to return to the ppp prompt, I typed 'show modem' again. Outq showed '7' now, which implies (to me) that no characters were sent out the device port. It seems that nothing is getting to the modem... -- Stephen At 08:35 PM 12/30/95 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: >According to Stephen Couchman: >> >> Barry, >> >> I'm pleased to see that you figured your problem out. Unfortunately my >> problems with iijppp do not seem to be related to the ppp.secret file. (I >> can use, or not use, a password with the same result). >> >> If I try to use iijppp and the 'term' command, iijppp does not communicate >> with the modem (no lights flash on the modem, and no characters are echoed). >> Quite often, but not always, the characters that I type after the term >> command, e.g. 'at', are buffered and are read by the shell once kill the ppp >> process. >> >> If I try to use iijppp and the 'dial myisp' command, iijppp responds with >> 'dial failed.', presumably because the modem is not responding. Of course, >> the modem is not responding because it never receives any characters... >> >> Any really don't know where to go from here. Does anyone have any ideas? >> > > I've got an idea or two, since I just > (finally) restored tip to working order. > Plus, have had problems similar to yours > with user-ppp. `dial failed.' > > I can't be sure what the trouble with tip > was since I _un_-did 3 or 4 changes. But > the troubles with ppp failing may well > involve your modem being hosed. > > One of the first things I got working was > cu, in the Taylor suite. If you haven't > got things set up in your /etc/uucp directory, > see about at least getting cu functioning. > > ``cu -pport1 dir'' is the syntax that willl > talk directly to your modem. Try an ``AT'' > and ``ATZ''. If no response, that's a good > indication that nothing is talking to (or > getting a response from) your modem. Check > the dip switches or power-cycle the modem > until you can talk to it via cu. For me, > whenever ppp fails, the modem is hung. I > haven't figured out yet what causes the device > to hang, but after I power-cycle it, then > retry cu and it works, ppp works. > > Anybody out there know what causes modems to > hang? I'd sure like to know... > > Let me know if this helps. (I've got days or > weeks of setup left, mostly involving news and > mail, and it would be nice to have these kinds > of problems documented. :-| ) > > gary kline > > ______________________________ Stephen Couchman | scouch@io.org