Kppp, wvdial & pppconfig

[Ray Burke]

Nils,

 

I have an external hardware modem??????

 

ray
 
> Subject: RE: Kppp, wvdial & pppconfig
> From: wayward4now at gmail.com
> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:00:48 -0400
> 
> On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 06:59 +1000, Ray Burke wrote:
> > Nils,
> > 
> > I dont understand why need group if when I use a terminal window and
> > type
> > sudo wvdial it connects to my isp at 11500 kbps and to disconnect I
> > type in
> > same window cnrl c, as all I want is to know how long online and
> > amount
> > of data is exchanged, and this is done by kppp or ppp????????
> > but when I use these it only connects at 56kbps
> > ray
> 
> Ray, sure you aren't being confused with the connection speed from the
> serial port to the modem, rather than the modem connection speed to your
> ISP? How would you get a 11500k connect out of a 56k modem? That's all
> you can get, right? You're lucky to even get that. I had to throttle
> mine down through an init string to choke it down to 28.8 due to old
> crusty telco copper lines out here in the toolies, to connect reliably.
> More likely one program is reporting the serial speed to the modem and
> the other is giving the modem speed to the ISP. 
> 
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