[ubuntu-nz] A problem with dial-up

[Ken]

  Sorry, Meant to add I've been searching Google and all I seem to find 
relates to VPN and pptp.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Ken.

On 23/08/2010 10:18 p.m., Ken wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>     I have to use dial-up because of the area I live. I had been using 
> Slingshot until last Wednesday when they change the dial-up number. 
> Now I get the following when I try to dial-up using an external serial 
> modem (I know, old technology but it did work);
>
>     From the gnome-ppp log;
>> --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
>> --> Cannot set information for serial port.
>> --> Initializing modem.
>> --> Sending: ATX3
>> ATX3
>> OK
>> --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
>> ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
>> OK
>> --> Modem initialized.
>> --> Sending: ATM1L3DT087 308 880
>> --> Waiting for carrier.
>> ATM1L3DT087 308 880
>> CONNECT 115200
>> --> Carrier detected.  Starting PPP immediately.
>> --> Starting pppd at Sat Aug 21 19:20:54 2010
>> --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied
>> --> --> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky.
>> --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied
>> --> --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky.
>> --> Pid of pppd: 1805
>> --> Using interface ppp0
>> --> Disconnecting at Sat Aug 21 19:20:58 2010
>> --> The PPP daemon has died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code = 16)
>> --> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail.
>> --> Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd 
>> man pages for more information.
>>
>     From plod (terminal);
>> Aug 21 19:20:54 office-desktop pppd[1805]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
>> Aug 21 19:20:55 office-desktop pppd[1805]: LCP terminated by peer
>> Aug 21 19:20:58 office-desktop pppd[1805]: Connection terminated.
>> Aug 21 19:20:58 office-desktop pppd[1805]: Modem hangup
>> Aug 21 19:20:58 office-desktop pppd[1805]: Exit.
>
>     The only thing that has changed is the dial-up number, and 
> whatever Slingshot did at their end. I have spent hours trying to get 
> them to tell me if there are any settings I can change on my system to 
> force a dial-up connection.
>
> Many thanks,
> Ken.
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-nz/attachments/20100823/ca3a425a/attachment-0001.htm