Dial-up problems

[Jeramy Rutley]

When you say "standard" network setup program, you mean through the
network-admin tool?  (Computer->System Configuration->Networking)
I couldn't get it to detect my parents' HW modem, so I used pppconfig
and the GNOME Modem Lights applet, and that worked like a charm.
Try running "sudo pppconfig" from the prompt, enter your data.  If the
name of your connection is "ISP" then at the prompt, type
sudo pon ISP
and then
sudo poff -a
to hang up.

If that works, then add yourself to the dip group, log out and log
back in again, and you should be able to do pon and poff without
typing sudo.
At that point you can add the Modem Lights applet to one of the menu
bars.  Select Preferences and change the pon and poff to pon ISP and
poff -a

If something doesn't work at any step, just report the error that it
gives you here.

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 07:30:09 +0200, Simon Taplin <simon.taplin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using the standard network setup program provided by Ubuntu which
> I assume is wvdial. The modem dials properly and connects, but then
> disconnects, I assume after trying to login. No error message is shown
> at all. Tried with two different ISP's and two different  numbers.
> System works fine under Win2KPro
> 
> Simon
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:25:52 -0500, Jeramy Rutley <jrutley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Does it hang up right away?
> > Which program are you using to connect?  pon? wvdial?
> > Does it return an error?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:14:20 +0200, Simon Taplin <simon.taplin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I've been trying to setup my machine to dial-in to the internet using
> > > the standard network setu tools. Problem is that when I connect to my
> > > ISP modem bank, the modem connects and then hangs up, I tried changing
> > > the settings to stupid mode and back but no different. I know the
> > > login and password is correct. Anybody have any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Simon
> 
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