From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 10 3:50:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D32037B422 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 03:50:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rasputin@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 14mvj2-000B2b-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:50:20 +0100 Received: (from rasputin@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f3AAoFL42847 for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:50:15 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rasputin) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:50:15 +0100 From: Rasputin To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kppp sucks!!! Message-ID: <20010410115015.A42766@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Reply-To: Rasputin References: <000801be831c$e66bcce0$00c2c5cb@vipinsuri> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <000801be831c$e66bcce0$00c2c5cb@vipinsuri>; from smokinlucifer@runbox.com on Fri, Jan 01, 1999 at 02:57:27AM +0530 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * immaculate nerd [010410 11:45]: > hi > I installed kppp and changed my initialization string to "AT &D &F X0 L3" Any particular reason for that? Bad init strings will lock a modem. > Now the problem is that when I query my modem the application the system hangs. > Please suggest any alternate ways to use the net. I tried using ppp but > as soon as I write "dial default" my modem just picks the phone for one second and thenhangs up.(I did edit ppp.conf) Can we see that, and what does /var/log/ppp.log say? If the modem's picking up the phone, you'll probably get there eventually. Can you talk to it with minicom? try at atz atdt , see if it dials. -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message