Re: [TCLUG:2406] modem woes

[serge@egel2.med.umn.edu (Serge M. Egelman)]

yeah, I had a similar problem for a while.  Mine would connect and the text
(all the prompts) would take forver to show up, it would then disconnect.
it turned out my modem and com port each had different IRQ's.  make sure
the jumper settings on your modem match the settings in setserial.

serge

trammell@nitz.hep.umn.edu wrote:

> Hi Sandipan Panigrahi & all:
>
> If you can't connect with minicom, I seriously doubt that playing
> with your pppd or chat options will get you far.  Those are for
> when you *know* your hardware is working!
>
> What can you tell us about your IRQ setups for your different modem
> configurations?  That's a pretty common problem people have.
>
> John
>
> Sandipan Panigrahi wrote:
> >
> > I recently got this PCMCIA combo ethernet-modem for my
> > laptop. It cost me $10.0 (14.4Modem and 10Bt ethernet)
> >
> > It gets configured properly but I am unable to connect
> > to my current ISP. I tried using minicom to dial in.
> > It gets as far as showing me the
> > "Username: " prompt  and then doesnot do a thing.
>   :
> > Any ideas ?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > sandipan
>
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