Re: No carrier on a Ac'97 linmodem

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.networking, in
article <1191094392.947230.273750@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
kawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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However, when I try to dial (using wvdial OR kppp) it says "No
carrier".

And what happens when you try to use something like 'minicom'? The
'No Carrier' message means that the modem heard a dial-tone, was able
to dial, and (depending on how long it took for the message to appear)
EITHER there wasn't a modem _detected_ on the other end (which may be
an incorrect modem initialization string) OR those crap tools you are
trying to use is looking for a 'Login:' prompt, and the ISP is hanging
up the phone because you aren't a starting ppp connection immediately.

No matter what I try, it still says that. Does anybody have any
suggestions on how to remedy this? I really want to get this modem
to work . . .

I take it that the loosemodem doesn't have a working speaker. You
could try setting /etc/ppp/pap-secrets with the correct username and
password, and then running this script (as root):

[compton ~]$ cat /usr/local/bin/dialin
#!/bin/bash
exec /usr/sbin/pppd connect "/usr/sbin/chat -f /etc/ppp/dialscript" lock \
defaultroute noipdefault nodetach /dev/modem 115200 crtscts user kawk
[compton ~]$

There must not be anything after the \ in that line.

[compton ~]$ cat /etc/ppp/dialscript
ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' "" AT&F0 OK ATDT2662902 CONNECT \d\c
[compton ~]$

Then look at the output of /sbin/ifconfig -a and see if you are getting
a ppp0 link.

Old guy
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