dialup in ubuntu

[Mehdi H.]

Im dialing up to the internet like what Peter does
sudo pppconfig
pon Provider
poff


On 9/17/05, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:58:01 -0700
> Bry Melvin <brymelvin at melvinart.com> wrote:
> 
> <snipped>
> 
> > Thanks for the responses:
> >
> > 1. No I'm not using a "driver"....it's a standard external 56k modem v90
> > although v90 capability is unavailable here... only v42 ...too far from
> > digital switching. Shouldn't need a "driver"
> >
> > 2. I get 33.6 on Fedora Suse OS/2 eCS and even windows although I
> > haven't used that recently. I'm writing this on a Fedora Core machine
> > connected to the same modem running at 33.6
> >
> > I also get 33.6 on the Ubuntu machine...IF I start wvdial from a root
> > terminal..
> >
> > What connects at 14400 is from the Gnome panel modem applet.
> >
> > I can't find any documentation concerning WHERE this gets it's script.
> >
> > I have used a shotgun approach and cut and pasted ATZ AND the Modem
> > configuration from etc/wvdial.conf to several places that LOOK like it
> > might help (chatscript peers and so on) but to no avail. The applet
> > ALWAYS connects at 14400 and I haven't been able to FIND the applet and
> > make it run in a terminal verbosely to see what it is doing. SOMEWHERE
> > it must be picking up a configuration from other than wvdial.conf
> > despite the fact that it is probably using wvdial to dial.
> >
> > I find NO modem configuration areas in the GUI where there is an option
> > to add "extras"...
> >
> >
> > The Help pages are lacking...haven't found anything in the manpages
> > either that gives me a hint where to alter configuration files that the
> > applet uses.
> >
> > Bryann
> 
> I had a similar experience when I first installed Hoary (5.04). Using the 
> GUI dialup config resulted in *extremely* slow connections. My reaction was 
> to reconfigure dialup using
> 
> sudo pppconfig
> 
> which has always worked for me in Debian and Ubuntu. After doing it this 
> way my connection went back to normal (in my case a nominal 56k).
> 
> I don't have the knowledge to work out *why* this worked for me, but I 
> offer it as a possible method to try. To dial using "pon" and "poff", check 
> that your user is in the "dialout" and "dip" groups.
> 
> 
> Peter
> 
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Yours Sincerely, Mehdi Hassanpour
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