find modem

[John Heinen]

squareyes wrote:
> John Heinen wrote:
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>> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
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>>> --- On Mon, 1/12/09, John Heinen <hensandpat at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>>> From: John Heinen <hensandpat at earthlink.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: find modem
>>>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 8:35 AM
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>>> Man pon gives all the commands and options.  Usually just typr "pon"
>>> on a CLI and it will dial your ISP and connect. Poff sends a SIGNHUP or something like that anyway that hangs up the phone and disconnects. IIRC, you don't need sudo. HTH
>>> Leonard Chatagnier
>>> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
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>> I got it all done, internet provider, details, phone nu, pasword etc.
>> Now /type into terminal , pon, to make the connection, what I get is In
>> file /etc/ppp/peers/providers;unrecognized option '/dev/modem
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> Hi John,
> if you filled in the "provider" slot,
> you will need to type
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> pon earthlink  (or whatever you typed in there) to connect.
> Try that.
> Winton
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Right, got that. Now the phone is squealing like it is connected, but I
get the message
"Is the computer connected to an active network? Place the browser in
the online mode and try again. How do I do that?