Subject: PPP woes; won't dial.
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Matthew <mtheobalds@mac.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/12/2001 22:35:15
Hi, all.
I bought the modem and it arrived today, in a nice shiny box which reads
"Jetway Xmodem", how exciting.
However, I tried to start it up with my ppp scripts without luck. So I
deleted them all and started from the beginning.
In /etc/ppp I have:
options
ppp-down
ppp-up
Each of those files reads:
# /etc/ppp/options
passive
crtscts
defaultroute
lock
lcp-echo-interval 30
lcp-echo-failure 10
netmask 255.255.255.0
domain pol.co.uk
mtu 1500
name theobalds.fsnet.co.uk
disconnect /etc/ppp/ppp-down
# /etc/ppp/ppp-up
#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/tty00 57600 connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v "" ATZ
OK ATDT08440402001 CONNECT "" ogin: theobalds.fsnet.co.uk word:
<censored>' \
crtscts defaultroute noipdefault modem
# /etc/ppp/ppp-down
#!/bin/sh
if [ -f /var/run/ppp0.pid ]; then
echo -n killing pppd...
kill `cat /var/run/ppp0.pid`
echo done
else
echo ppp already is down 1>&2
fi
Okay, so I type '/etc/ppp/ppp-up', and I get the following in
/var/log/messages:
Oct 12 22:26:22 sonic pppd[23056]: pppd 2.4.0 started by matthew, uid 0
Oct 12 22:26:23 sonic chat[23058]: send (ATZ^M)
Oct 12 22:26:23 sonic chat[23058]: expect (OK)
Oct 12 22:26:24 sonic chat[23058]: ATZ^M^M
Oct 12 22:26:24 sonic chat[23058]: OK
Oct 12 22:26:24 sonic chat[23058]: -- got it
Oct 12 22:26:24 sonic chat[23058]: send (ATDT08440402001^M)
Oct 12 22:26:24 sonic chat[23058]: expect (CONNECT)
Oct 12 22:26:24 sonic chat[23058]: ^M
Oct 12 22:26:24 sonic chat[23058]: ATDT08440402001^M^M
Oct 12 22:26:24 sonic chat[23058]: ERROR^M
Oct 12 22:27:09 sonic chat[23058]: alarm
Oct 12 22:27:09 sonic chat[23058]: Failed
Oct 12 22:27:09 sonic pppd[23056]: Connect script failed
Oct 12 22:27:11 sonic pppd[23056]: Exit.
So (and I'm no expert here) it looks like the modem just doesn't like
the ATDT command. It doesn't even give a NO CARRIER or NO DIALTONE (or
words to that affect) error.
So... what could be going wrong here? Is this a sympton of a winmodem? I
talked to it with 'cu -p modem' so it doesn't look like it is a winmodem.
I have minicom installed if anyone would be kind enough as to tell me
what to type to get a better diagnosis.
At no point, by the way, does the modem give a dialling tone. I tried it
on Mac OS (briefly) and couldn't get it to give one there, either; if
that helps a diagnosis, at all.
Thanks for any help here. :]
( A very puzzled ) ~ Matthew