Hi all, I think I need a new modem for my suse 7.3 setup. Several months ago I started having problems connecting to my ISP. Previously I could connect first time, but now it would take two, three, maybe five tries to connect. Now I can't connect at all. I recently discovered that over this same period they've been installing new modem racks. Could I be right in assuming that my modem ISA type, Mr. Modem whose manual only mentions w95 and NT, is no longer up to scratch and doesn't speak the protocols of the new modems at the ISP? Assuming this is the case, who out there has suggestions about modems that work with Suse 7.3 and UK ISPs. I'm currently with Tiscali/World Online/Screaming.Net. TIA Cheers, Bruce
Could I be right in assuming that my modem ISA type, Mr. Modem whose manual only mentions w95 and NT, is no longer up to scratch and doesn't speak the protocols of the new modems at the ISP?
More likely (IMHO) is your ISP screwed up the installation of their new modem banks ;-) See if you can borrow an external modem from someone and try it with that before shelling out for a new one...
Assuming this is the case, who out there has suggestions about modems that work with Suse 7.3 and UK ISPs. I'm currently with Tiscali/World Online/Screaming.Net.
If it comes to this, I used the Diamond SupraExpress 56e until I got DSL, I should imagine it's still on the market, and it's a nice blue colour (cos let's be honest - the colour matters, right?) If BT have upgraded your exchange, go for DSL instead, you won't regret it, and you can get a PCI ADSL modem that works with Linux from dabs.com for under 50 quid apparently, although I got the Alcatel Frog, and that works a treat with the drivers from speedtouch.sf.net (and it looks way cool) -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.0) Updated GNOME RPMs for SuSE Linux: www.usr-local-bin.org ********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY.This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Pinnacle Insurance plc. If you have received this email in error please immediately notify the Pinnacle Helpdesk on +44 (0) 20 8207 9555. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************
Bruce Scharlau wrote:
Previously I could connect first time, but now it would take two, three, maybe five tries to connect. Now I can't connect at all. snip >8 I'm currently with Tiscali/World Online/Screaming.Net.
Well, I'm with Tiscali since a while, and after exchanging user name and password, they come with one of these prompts, varying from one day to another: protocol protocol> > Wvdial recognizes the last two, but not the first one. A way to get around this, is setting "Stupid Mode = 1" in /etc/wvdial.conf, which in fact means that Pap/Chap authentication is turned on. SH
At 08:12 PM 7/15/2002 +0200, you wrote:
Bruce Scharlau wrote:
Previously I could connect first time, but now it would take two, three, maybe five tries to connect. Now I can't connect at all. snip >8 I'm currently with Tiscali/World Online/Screaming.Net.
Well, I'm with Tiscali since a while, and after exchanging user name and password, they come with one of these prompts, varying from one day to another:
protocol protocol> >
Wvdial recognizes the last two, but not the first one. A way to get around this, is setting "Stupid Mode = 1" in /etc/wvdial.conf, which in fact means that Pap/Chap authentication is turned on.
SH
Thanks everyone who helped. The answer was Stupid Mode= 1. I've also put in a new external modem, but am not sure if that was necessary or not. In any case I've opened up the thing and tried it with a windows box to check that the connection worked ok as the wvdial.conf script didnt' go anywhere. I'd tried stupidmode= 1, StupidMode= 1, etc but didn't try the correct version of Stupid Mode=1 (ie a space between the words) as I thought it would need to be oneWord. Anyways, we're now one happy family again, and everyone can surf from their own box! Cheers, Bruce Dr. Bruce A. Scharlau Dept. of Computing Science Aberdeen University Aberdeen AB24 3UE scharlau@csd.abdn.ac.uk http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~bscharla/ 01224 272193
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