help with Fedora core 7 dial-up connection

[E. Robert Tisdale]

Pete Cull x2315 wrote:

> E. Robert Tisdale wrote:
>> Phil Meyer wrote:
>> 
>>> Did you go into system-config-network and ask it to scan for a modem?
>>> It will do the right thing.
>>>
>>> From the menu:
>>>
>>> System/Administration/Network  -Add -Modem connection.
>>>
>>> As part of that dialog it will 'discover' your modem.
>> 
>> I don't think so.
>> I got:
>> 
>>    You have selected the following information:
>>    Hardware: Generic Modem
>>    Provider name: netwood
>>    Login name: edwin
>>    Phone number: 8061685
>> 
>> then I pressed the Apply button.
>> Everything seemed fine until I tried to "Activate" the device.
>> I don't think that the system ever actually found the modem.

I replaced the U.S.Robotics 5610B with the original Winmodem.
I'm using it to send this email from Windows XP.
Now, when I attempt to activate the modem, I get:

    system-config-network:
    Cannot activate network device netwood!
    Failed to activate netwood with error 7

netwood is, of course, my ISP.