Dial up failed

Nofriyadi Nurdam nofri at luk.or.id
Sun Sep 19 07:17:15 UTC 2004


Sorry Rick. Pardon, i don't understand what is winmodem. And what is REAL 
modem?
Could you tell me please the differents between them?
Thanks very, very much. 


Rick Stevens writes: 

> Nofriyadi Nurdam wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I've tried dial up connection with wvdial. But it was connected and 
>> direct disconnected.
>> Exit status = 10
>> It means:
>> The  PPP  negotiation failed, that is, it didnot reach the point
>> where at least one network protocol (e.g. IP) was running.
>> With ifconfig, i've received only eth0 and lo without ppp0.
>> Could someone tell me how to bring up the ppp0?
> 
> Are you certain your system supports your modem?  If you have a
> "winmodem", the odds are great that it flat won't work.  You have to
> make sure you have a driver that supports your modem.  If minicom
> can't access the modem, then wvdial can't either. 
> 
> My suggestion: spend the $50 and buy a REAL modem.  You know...the kind
> that plugs into a serial port.  Winmodems are bloody evil beasts.
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