Re: externel modem problem

On 16 Jan 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.hardware, in article
<1137412884.226151.266800@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, arnuld wrote:

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>It configures my modem properly without any problem. when i dial my ISP's
>number then i hear the "phone's default tone" coming through the modem &
>lights go up but it does not dial the number and disconnects itself.

Is this a "new" (to you) modem?

>from WVDIAL

Not a very good tool

>--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
>--> Initializing modem.
>--> Sending: ATZ
>ATZ
>OK
>--> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
>ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
>OK

Please read the manual for the modem. "ATZ" resets the modem to some
saved configuration. Is it a special setting you've created, or are
you hoping that it is correct. Most modems want "AT&F0" as the init
value. (USRs are different.)

>--> Modem initialized.
>--> Sending: ATDT172222
>--> Waiting for carrier.
>ATDT172222
>NO DIALTONE

Above, you say you can hear the dialtone, but the modem can not. This
could be because it is in a setup for a different country (not all
dialtones sound the same). The manual should mention this.

_A_ solution would be to change the dial string from ATDT172222 to
ATX3DT172222 - the X3 tells the modem not to listen for a dial tone.

>from MINICOM
>
>default-startup-info

Most dialing/modem tools are using some bizarre init string that someone
saw in a very bad dream - one that bears no resemblance to what the modem
manufacturer recommends. Read the manual for the modem, and then run
'minicom -s' to reach the modem setup.

>when i dial it gives the same error:
>
>No connection: NO DIALTONE

Try dialing with the X3 prefix

>here are the contents of my < /etc/wvdial.conf>

>Username = 220778
>Password = XXXXXXXX

You'll want to change that, now that you showed everyone in the world.

>Init1 = ATZ
>Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0

Init1 = AT&F0
Init2 = ATX3

Old guy
.

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