PPP vs wvdial was : Results from WVDIAL

[Patrick Newberry]

After being told by one person that wvdial was not the best way to go, I
went to using the pppconfig option and to use pon and poff. I was told
wvdial is "flaky" compared to ppp

Question when I put in my isp id in the secrets file, should it be myid
or myid at myisp.com?

I've tried both and previously it worked with just myid. 

I have another modem coming via ebay so maybe that will work. But it was
working on my machine last week and I got it to work on a window machine
yesterday (us robotics external serial v92 modem)

Anyway, according to my source I was told to put together a script:

The script was basically :
#!/bin/sh 
# initiate a ppp connection 

/usr/sbin/pppd connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/gnat.net.chat" \
file /etc/ppp/gnat.net.options

And the chat

TIMEOUT 60
ABORT "NO CARRIER"
ABORT BUSY
ABORT "NO DIALTONE"
ABORT ERROR
"" +++\dATZ
OK ATDT2544774
CONNECT

And the options

/dev/ttyS0
115200
crtscts
lock
user goshawk at gnat.net
noipdefault
defaultroute
Debug

But after several attempts I just went to usign pppconfig and pon and
poff.
I lost track of my attempts yesteday but either it dial in and then just
drop or I'd get error messages like

goshawk at gypsyfarm:/etc/ppp$ ./pstel2
/usr/sbin/pppd: unrecognized option ' '



goshawk at gypsyfarm:/etc/ppp$ sudo ./gnat-on
/usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself
/usr/sbin/pppd: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for
it to use to do so.
/usr/sbin/pppd: (None of the available passwords would let it use an IP
address.)

And so forth.

I'll try to be more organized in my testing tonight, but I'll look at
the posts here during the day for any advice on a modem that worked fine
with ubuntu a week ago but now can't seem to connect.


Pat.

 
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Patrick, I haven't used wvdial on Ubuntu
But the 'permission denied error' makes me think you need to try running
it as 'sudo wvdial'

The 'CONNECT' message is from your modem, and says it's talking to the
modem at your ISP.  The 'hoping for the best' thing is normal with my
ISP too...

Post the whole log again after trying it with sudo....

Brian
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